linux-kernel - Re: Build regressions/improvements in v4.14-rc4

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Date:   Mon, 9 Oct 2017 22:34:52 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     uml-devel <user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: Build regressions/improvements in v4.14-rc4

On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 9:19 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> JFYI, when comparing v4.14-rc4[1] to v4.14-rc3[3], the summaries are:
>   - build errors: +1/-2

  + error: "devm_ioremap_resource"
[drivers/auxdisplay/img-ascii-lcd.ko] undefined!:  => N/A

um-x86_64/um-all{yes,mod}config (patch available)

>   - build warnings: +817/-384

Thanks to the addition of um-x86_64 build coverage, a lot of warnings appeared
about missing CRCs for memcpy in modules, e.g.

   + warning: "memcpy" [crypto/af_alg.ko] has no CRC!:  => N/A

> [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/8a5776a5f49812d29fe4b2d0a2d71675c3facf3f/ (all 269 configs)
> [3] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/9e66317d3c92ddaab330c125dfe9d06eee268aff/ (267 out of 269 configs)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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