linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6.12 000/562] 6.12.58-rc2 review

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Message-ID: <5b13fb12-66ac-4502-a93b-d79692cc7b81@oracle.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:48:53 +0530
From: Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@...cle.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc: patches@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        linux@...ck-us.net, shuah@...nel.org, patches@...nelci.org,
        lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org, pavel@...x.de, jonathanh@...dia.com,
        f.fainelli@...il.com, sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com, rwarsow@....de,
        conor@...nel.org, hargar@...rosoft.com, broonie@...nel.org,
        achill@...ill.org, sr@...dewatkins.com,
        Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.12 000/562] 6.12.58-rc2 review

Hi Greg,

On 11/11/25 06:54, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.12.58 release.
> There are 562 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> let me know.
> 
> Responses should be made by Thu, 13 Nov 2025 01:22:51 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.

link.c: In function ‘is_x86_ibt_enabled’:
link.c:288:37: error: array type has incomplete element type ‘struct 
kernel_config_option’
   288 |         struct kernel_config_option options[] = {
       |                                     ^~~~~~~
In file included from 
/u01/hamogala/stable_rc_testing/linux-stable-rc/tools/include/linux/kernel.h:8,
                  from main.h:14,
                  from link.c:17:
/u01/hamogala/stable_rc_testing/linux-stable-rc/tools/include/linux/build_bug.h:16:51: 
error: bit-field ‘<anonymous>’ width not an integer constant
    16 | #define BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(e) ((int)(sizeof(struct { 
int:(-!!(e)); })))
       |                                                   ^
/u01/hamogala/stable_rc_testing/linux-stable-rc/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h:26:33: 
note: in expansion of macro ‘BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO’
    26 | #define __must_be_array(a) 
BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(__same_type((a), &(a)[0]))
       |                                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/u01/hamogala/stable_rc_testing/linux-stable-rc/tools/include/linux/kernel.h:103:59: 
note: in expansion of macro ‘__must_be_array’
   103 | #define ARRAY_SIZE(arr) (sizeof(arr) / sizeof((arr)[0]) + 
__must_be_array(arr))
       | 
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
link.c:291:22: note: in expansion of macro ‘ARRAY_SIZE’
   291 |         char *values[ARRAY_SIZE(options)] = { };
       |                      ^~~~~~~~~~
link.c:294:13: warning: implicit declaration of function 
‘read_kernel_config’ [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
   294 |         if (read_kernel_config(options, ARRAY_SIZE(options), 
values, NULL))
       |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from 
/u01/hamogala/stable_rc_testing/linux-stable-rc/tools/include/linux/kernel.h:8,
                  from main.h:14,
                  from link.c:17:
/u01/hamogala/stable_rc_testing/linux-stable-rc/tools/include/linux/build_bug.h:16:51: 
error: bit-field ‘<anonymous>’ width not an integer constant
    16 | #define BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(e) ((int)(sizeof(struct { 
int:(-!!(e)); })))
       |                                                   ^
/u01/hamogala/stable_rc_testing/linux-stable-rc/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h:26:33: 
note: in expansion of macro ‘BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO’
    26 | #define __must_be_array(a) 
BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(__same_type((a), &(a)[0]))
       |                                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/u01/hamogala/stable_rc_testing/linux-stable-rc/tools/include/linux/kernel.h:103:59: 
note: in expansion of macro ‘__must_be_array’
   103 | #define ARRAY_SIZE(arr) (sizeof(arr) / sizeof((arr)[0]) + 
__must_be_array(arr))
       | 
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
link.c:294:41: note: in expansion of macro ‘ARRAY_SIZE’
   294 |         if (read_kernel_config(options, ARRAY_SIZE(options), 
values, NULL))
       |                                         ^~~~~~~~~~
link.c:291:15: warning: unused variable ‘values’ [-Wunused-variable]
   291 |         char *values[ARRAY_SIZE(options)] = { };
       |               ^~~~~~
link.c:288:37: warning: unused variable ‘options’ [-Wunused-variable]
   288 |         struct kernel_config_option options[] = {
       |                                     ^~~~~~~
make: *** [Makefile:249: link.o] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....


I see this with bpftool build.

let us drop this commit ?

commit: c8271196124a ("bpftool: Add CET-aware symbol matching for x86_64 
architectures")


Thanks,
Harshit