linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Fix a bunch of allmodconfig errors

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Date:   Fri, 25 Nov 2022 16:13:25 -0800
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
Cc:     arnd@...db.de, nathan@...nel.org,
        maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com, mripard@...nel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Fix a bunch of allmodconfig errors

On Fri, 25 Nov 2022 12:07:48 +0000 Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org> wrote:

> Since b339ec9c229aa ("kbuild: Only default to -Werror if COMPILE_TEST") WERROR 
> now defaults to COMPILE_TEST meaning that it's enabled for allmodconfig        
> builds.  This leads to some interesting failures, each resolved in this set.   

I'm not sure who this patchset is aimed at, so I'll take my usual
approach of grabbing it and seeing who complains.

> With this set applied, I am able to obtain a successful allmodconfig Arm build.

b339ec9c229aa is a year old and I've been doing arm allmodconfig for
ever.  What am I missing here?

A broken arm allmodconfig is pretty irritating - I'm thinking that a
fix should be backported into -stable kernels.  But I'm clearly missing
something here.