linux-hardening - Re: Build regressions/improvements in v5.18-rc7

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Date:   Mon, 16 May 2022 09:18:18 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
cc:     Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
        Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
        Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
        NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@....com>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Build regressions/improvements in v5.18-rc7

On Mon, 16 May 2022, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> JFYI, when comparing v5.18-rc7[1] to v5.18-rc6[3], the summaries are:
>  - build errors: +2/-0

   + /kisskb/src/drivers/media/platform/nxp/imx-pxp.h: error: initializer element is not constant:  => 582:38

mipsel-gcc5/mips-allmodconfig

Seen before in other builds, missing "U"-suffix on large unsigned
constants.

   + /kisskb/src/include/linux/fortify-string.h: error: call to '__write_overflow_field' declared with attribute warning: detected write beyond size of field (1st parameter); maybe use struct_group()? [-Werror=attribute-warning]:  => 328:25

s390x-gcc11/s390-allmodconfig

> [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/42226c989789d8da4af1de0c31070c96726d990c/ (all 131 configs)
> [3] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/c5eb0a61238dd6faf37f58c9ce61c9980aaffd7a/ (all 131 configs)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

 						Geert

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