linux-kernel - PROBLEM: error due to conflicting types during build of kselftests

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Message-ID: <CAG=yYwnMXFxHxCnYNWCb-HhpAb21kc5_e_6q-N_DRGhMVurPMQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 20 Apr 2018 23:33:53 +0530
From:   Jeffrin Thalakkottoor <jeffrin@...agiritech.edu.in>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: PROBLEM: error due to conflicting types during build of kselftests

hello,

the following is the error found...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
protection_keys.c:421:5: error: conflicting types for ‘pkey_set’
 int pkey_set(int pkey, unsigned long rights, unsigned long flags)
     ^~~~~~~~
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

to reproduce this error...
make -C tools/testing/selftests

Details about software:

Linux debian 4.17.0-rc1+ #1 SMP Thu Apr 19 18:59:45 IST 2018 x86_64 GNU/Linux

GNU Make             4.2.1
Binutils             2.30
Util-linux           2.31.1
Mount                2.31.1
Linux C Library      2.27
Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.27
readlink: missing operand
Try 'readlink --help' for more information.
Procps               3.3.14
Kbd                  2.0.4
Console-tools        2.0.4
Sh-utils             8.28
Udev                 238

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rajagiri school of engineering and technology