linux-kernel - [linux-next][489e45][PowerPC] build broke on bare-metal with gcc 4.8.5

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Date:   Thu, 22 Jun 2017 15:36:34 +0530
From:   Abdul Haleem <abdhalee@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Cc:     linux-next <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        sachinp <sachinp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        sudarsana.kalluru@...gic.com
Subject: [linux-next][489e45][PowerPC] build broke on bare-metal with gcc
 4.8.5

Hi,

next-20170621 fails to build on PowerPC bare-metal with gcc 4.8.5

Test : build
Machine : Power 8 bare-metal (BMC)
kernel : 4.12.0-rc6
gcc : 4.8.5
config : Hab-NV-config 


$ make -S -j 
In file included from drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede.h:43:0,
                 from drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_main.c:63:
./include/linux/qed/qede_rdma.h:85:1: error: expected identifier or ‘(’
before ‘{’ token
 {
 ^
./include/linux/qed/qede_rdma.h:84:19: warning: ‘qede_rdma_dev_add’ used
but never defined [enabled by default]
 static inline int qede_rdma_dev_add(struct qede_dev *dev);
                   ^
make[5]: *** [drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_main.o] Error 1
make[5]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

Possible bad commit looks to be:

commit 489e45ae42f000a5e045ac203ad5d6f08824cd56
Author: Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru <sudarsana.kalluru@...gic.com>
Date:   Wed Jun 8 06:22:12 2016 -0400

    qede: Add dcbnl support.
    
    This patch adds the interfaces for ieee/cee dcbnl callbacks and registers
    them with the kernel.
    
    Signed-off-by: Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru <sudarsana.kalluru@...gic.com>
    Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...gic.com>
    Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_dcbnl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_dcbnl.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03e8c02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_dcbnl.c


-- 
Regard's

Abdul Haleem
IBM Linux Technology Centre



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