linux-kernel - Re: Build regressions/improvements in v4.6-rc7

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Date:	Mon, 9 May 2016 14:30:55 +0100
From:	Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@...rix.com>
To:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
CC:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Build regressions/improvements in v4.6-rc7

On 05/09/2016 01:48 PM, Paul Bolle wrote:
> On ma, 2016-05-09 at 10:24 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>>    + /home/kisskb/slave/src/drivers/xen/balloon.c: warning: 'release_memory_resource' declared 'static' but never defined [-Wunused-function]:  => 154:13
>
> This can be triggered by building balloon.o while
> CONFIG_XEN_BALLOON_MEMORY_HOTPLUG is not set.
>
> I guess commit dfd74a1edfab ("xen/balloon: Fix crash when ballooning on
> x86 32 bit PAE") should have put this declaration of
> release_memory_resource inside an "#ifdef
> CONFIG_XEN_BALLOON_MEMORY_HOTPLUG" preprocessor block.
>

Thanks for figuring that out - I've sent a patch...

Regards,
-- 
Ross Lagerwall