Re: Build regressions/improvements in v4.5-rc2

On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 10:55 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
[off-list ref] wrote:

JFYI, when comparing v4.5-rc2[1] to v4.5-rc1[3], the summaries are:
  - build errors: +11/-14

  + /home/kisskb/slave/src/include/linux/workqueue.h: error:
dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
[-Werror=strict-aliasing]:  => 186:2

mips-allmodconfig (reported before)

  + /tmp/cc1QBZQq.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} -
`L0^A' {.text section}:  => 43
  + /tmp/cc8ZbZGS.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} -
`L0^A' {.text section}:  => 366, 49
  + /tmp/ccFjnXEZ.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} -
`L0^A' {.text section}:  => 329, 50
  + /tmp/ccKewrem.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} -
`L0^A' {.text section}:  => 378, 49
  + /tmp/ccWo9QOz.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} -
`L0^A' {.text section}:  => 43
  + /tmp/ccXxR9ys.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} -
`L0^A' {.text section}:  => 43
  + /tmp/ccjk8gwa.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} -
`L0^A' {.text section}:  => 49, 366
  + /tmp/ccrL6L9s.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} -
`L0^A' {.text section}:  => 326, 50

Various mips, not really new but shifting shape on every build

[1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/9870/ (all 261 configs)
[3] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/9841/ (all 261 configs)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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