Re: Build regressions/improvements in v3.19-rc2

On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 8:59 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
[off-list ref] wrote:

JFYI, when comparing v3.19-rc2[1]  to v3.19-rc1[3], the summaries are:
  - build errors: +8/-5

Surprise! No new R_PPC64_REL24 relocation truncations, hence not much new
generic code was added. Bloat-o-meter on atari_defconfig agrees: +36 bytes.

  + /home/kisskb/slave/src/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c:
error: 'SECTION_SIZE_BITS' undeclared (first use in this function):
=> 27:31
  + /home/kisskb/slave/src/mm/memory_hotplug.c: error:
'PAGES_PER_SECTION' undeclared (first use in this function):  =>
1836:46, 1178:18
  + /home/kisskb/slave/src/mm/memory_hotplug.c: error:
'PAGE_SECTION_MASK' undeclared (first use in this function):  =>
1177:20
  + /home/kisskb/slave/src/mm/memory_hotplug.c: error: implicit
declaration of function '__nr_to_section'
[-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]:  => 1841:3
  + /home/kisskb/slave/src/mm/memory_hotplug.c: error: implicit
declaration of function 'find_memory_block_hinted'
[-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]:  => 1848:3
  + /home/kisskb/slave/src/mm/memory_hotplug.c: error: implicit
declaration of function 'pfn_to_section_nr'
[-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]:  => 1837:3
  + /home/kisskb/slave/src/mm/memory_hotplug.c: error: implicit
declaration of function 'present_section_nr'
[-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]:  => 1838:3

powerpc-randconfig

  + error: initramfs.c: undefined reference to `__stack_chk_guard':
=> .init.text+0x3132)

i386-randconfig

[1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/8257/ (all 262 configs)
[3] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/8241/ (all 262 configs)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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