Re: Build regressions/improvements in v3.7-rc2

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
[off-list ref] wrote:

JFYI, when comparing v3.7-rc2 to v3.7-rc1[3], the summaries are:
  - build errors: +4/-44

  + arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_para.h: error: redefinition of
'kvm_arch_para_features':  => 147:28, 147:99
  + arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_para.h: error: redefinition of
'kvm_check_and_clear_guest_paused':  => 152:91, 152:20

s390-allmodconfig/s390-allyesconfig/s390-defconfig

  + error: phy_n.c: relocation truncated to fit: R_PPC64_REL24 against
symbol `._mcount' defined in .text section in
arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.o:  => (.text+0x1ff9500)
  + error: relocation truncated to fit: R_PPC64_REL24 against symbol
`_savegpr0_24' defined in .text.save.restore section in
arch/powerpc/lib/built-in.o:  => (.text+0x1ffac7c)

powerpc-allyesconfig

[1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/5550/ (all 117 configs)
[3] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/5526/ (all 117 configs)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 09:50:26PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
[off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

JFYI, when comparing v3.7-rc2 to v3.7-rc1[3], the summaries are:
  - build errors: +4/-44

  + arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_para.h: error: redefinition of
'kvm_arch_para_features':  => 147:28, 147:99
  + arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_para.h: error: redefinition of
'kvm_check_and_clear_guest_paused':  => 152:91, 152:20

s390-allmodconfig/s390-allyesconfig/s390-defconfig

Thanks Geert. We have already a build fix for this from David Howells
which is waiting to be merged upstream.