linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: build warnings from the build of Linus' tree

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Date:   Thu, 11 Oct 2018 15:54:27 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Linux-Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linus <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build warnings from the build of Linus' tree

On 10/11/18, Greg KH <gregkh@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 08:58:49PM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 09:44:36 +0200 Peter Oberparleiter
>> <oberpar@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > On 11.10.2018 02:48, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
>> > > OK, I have been carrying this "quick fix" patch in linux-next since
>> > > September 7.  Is anyone going to pick this up and send it to
>> > > Greg/Linus, please?
>> >
>> > Sorry about that - I posted a modified fix at
>> >
>> >   https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/9/13/367
>> >
>> > but didn't get a response. I guess I should have reposted sooner. But
>> > before I do that:
>> >
>> > Arnd: Is this something that you can pick up or should I include
>> > someone
>> > else?
>>
>> It would be nice if it could go in before the v4.19 release because the
>> commit that exposed the warnings went into v4.19-rc1.
>
> I agree.  If someone could at least review/ack it, that would be great.

I've added it to my randconfig test tree and spent the day building
random configurations with this (after reverting the version that Stephen
had in linux-next). The patches both look reasonable to me and the
build warnings did not come back in any obscure configuration, so

Tested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>