linux-kernel - Re: Build regressions/improvements in v4.18-rc3

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Date:   Mon, 2 Jul 2018 17:13:33 +0200
From:   Helge Deller <deller@....de>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Parisc List <linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Build regressions/improvements in v4.18-rc3

On 02.07.2018 16:09, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 4:01 PM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
>> JFYI, when comparing v4.18-rc3[1] to v4.18-rc2[3], the summaries are:
> ...

Both of the following are simply happening because of old compiler which is being used:

>> [Deleted 26903 lines about "warning: ... [-Wpointer-sign]" on parisc-allmodconfig]

?

>> [Deleted 19308 lines about "warning: -ffunction-sections disabled; it makes profiling impossible [enabled by default]" on parisc-allmodconfig]

I dropped function-sections:
http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=24b6c22504a27210a8377e54d24d425ae414f2c1
Still need to see if this gives problems (haven't seen any yet).

Helge