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Message-ID: <20251031094958.432f4e44@canb.auug.org.au>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 09:49:58 +1100
From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>, Joel
 Granados <joel.granados@...nel.org>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Linux Next
 Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: linux-next: build failure after merge of the sysctl tree
Hi all,
After merging the sysctl tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
ppc64_defconfig) failed like this:
In file included from drivers/tty/n_tty.c:38:
include/linux/jiffies.h:614:40: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  614 | int proc_dointvec_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
      |                                        ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:616:50: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  616 | int proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                                  ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:618:47: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  618 | int proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                               ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:620:43: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  620 | int proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
      |                                           ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:622:52: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  622 | int proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                                    ^~~~~~~~~
In file included from arch/powerpc/kvm/emulate_loadstore.c:10:
include/linux/jiffies.h:614:40: error: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration [-Werror]
  614 | int proc_dointvec_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
      |                                        ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:616:50: error: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration [-Werror]
  616 | int proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                                  ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:618:47: error: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration [-Werror]
  618 | int proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                               ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:620:43: error: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration [-Werror]
  620 | int proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
      |                                           ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:622:52: error: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration [-Werror]
  622 | int proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                                    ^~~~~~~~~
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
make[5]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:287: arch/powerpc/kvm/emulate_loadstore.o] Error 1
make[5]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
In file included from drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_catas.c:33:
include/linux/jiffies.h:614:40: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  614 | int proc_dointvec_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
      |                                        ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:616:50: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  616 | int proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                                  ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:618:47: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  618 | int proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                               ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:620:43: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  620 | int proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
      |                                           ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:622:52: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  622 | int proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                                    ^~~~~~~~~
make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:556: arch/powerpc/kvm] Error 2
make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
In file included from drivers/scsi/scsi_netlink.c:8:
include/linux/jiffies.h:614:40: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  614 | int proc_dointvec_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
      |                                        ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:616:50: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  616 | int proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                                  ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:618:47: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  618 | int proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                               ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:620:43: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  620 | int proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
      |                                           ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:622:52: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  622 | int proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                                    ^~~~~~~~~
In file included from kernel/irq/spurious.c:8:
include/linux/jiffies.h:614:40: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  614 | int proc_dointvec_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
      |                                        ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:616:50: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  616 | int proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                                  ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:618:47: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  618 | int proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                               ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:620:43: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  620 | int proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
      |                                           ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:622:52: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  622 | int proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                                    ^~~~~~~~~
In file included from net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_unseal.c:61:
include/linux/jiffies.h:614:40: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  614 | int proc_dointvec_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
      |                                        ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:616:50: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  616 | int proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                                  ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:618:47: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  618 | int proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                               ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:620:43: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  620 | int proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
      |                                           ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:622:52: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  622 | int proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                                    ^~~~~~~~~
In file included from net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_generic.c:7:
include/linux/jiffies.h:614:40: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  614 | int proc_dointvec_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
      |                                        ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:616:50: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  616 | int proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                                  ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:618:47: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  618 | int proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                               ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:620:43: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  620 | int proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
      |                                           ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:622:52: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  622 | int proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                                    ^~~~~~~~~
In file included from net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_seal.c:62:
include/linux/jiffies.h:614:40: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  614 | int proc_dointvec_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
      |                                        ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:616:50: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  616 | int proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                                  ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:618:47: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  618 | int proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                               ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:620:43: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  620 | int proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
      |                                           ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:622:52: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  622 | int proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                                    ^~~~~~~~~
In file included from net/core/hotdata.c:3:
include/linux/jiffies.h:614:40: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  614 | int proc_dointvec_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
      |                                        ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:616:50: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  616 | int proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                                  ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:618:47: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  618 | int proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                               ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:620:43: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  620 | int proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
      |                                           ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:622:52: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  622 | int proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                                    ^~~~~~~~~
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:556: arch/powerpc] Error 2
make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
In file included from fs/btrfs/discard.c:3:
include/linux/jiffies.h:614:40: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  614 | int proc_dointvec_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
      |                                        ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:616:50: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  616 | int proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                                  ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:618:47: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  618 | int proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                               ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:620:43: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  620 | int proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir, void *buffer,
      |                                           ^~~~~~~~~
include/linux/jiffies.h:622:52: warning: 'struct ctl_table' declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
  622 | int proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
      |                                                    ^~~~~~~~~
Caused by commit
  44df6a7821ed ("sysctl: Move jiffies converters to kernel/time/jiffies.c")
I have used the sysctl tree from next-20251030 for today.
-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell
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