[linux-next-20240626]Kernel Build Fails on repo linux-next-20240626

[linux-next-20240626]Kernel Build Fails on repo linux-next-20240626

[Venkat Rao Bagalkote]

Greetings!!!


Kernel Build fails with below error, while building with 
linux-next(next-20240626) repo.


arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c:79:17: error: initialization of ‘void 
(*)(struct kmsg_dumper *, enum kmsg_dump_reason,  const char *)’ from 
incompatible pointer type ‘void (*)(struct kmsg_dumper *, enum 
kmsg_dump_reason)’ [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
    79 |         .dump = oops_to_nvram
       |                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c:79:17: note: (near initialization for 
‘nvram_kmsg_dumper.dump’)
arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c:645:13: error: conflicting types for 
‘oops_to_nvram’; have ‘void(struct kmsg_dumper *, enum 
kmsg_dump_reason,  const char *)’
   645 | static void oops_to_nvram(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper,
       |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c:75:13: note: previous declaration of 
‘oops_to_nvram’ with type ‘void(struct kmsg_dumper *, enum 
kmsg_dump_reason)’
    75 | static void oops_to_nvram(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper,
       |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c:75:13: error: ‘oops_to_nvram’ used but 
never defined [-Werror]
arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c:645:13: error: ‘oops_to_nvram’ defined 
but not used [-Werror=unused-function]
   645 | static void oops_to_nvram(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper,
       |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:244: 
arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.o] Error 1
make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:485: arch/powerpc/kernel] Error 2

make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:485: arch/powerpc] Error 2


This issue has been introduced with the below commit.


Commit ID: 7e72bb7504d1192ab89809f6192dba1b06f4fa51.


Regards,

Venkat.

Re: [linux-next-20240626]Kernel Build Fails on repo linux-next-20240626

[Jocelyn Falempe]

Hi,

I think this patch was merged by mistake, as it was not yet reviewed. 
can someone revert it ?

-- 

Jocelyn

On 27/06/2024 06:21, Venkat Rao Bagalkote wrote:
> Greetings!!!
> 
> 
> Kernel Build fails with below error, while building with 
> linux-next(next-20240626) repo.
> 
> 
> arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c:79:17: error: initialization of ‘void 
> (*)(struct kmsg_dumper *, enum kmsg_dump_reason,  const char *)’ from 
> incompatible pointer type ‘void (*)(struct kmsg_dumper *, enum 
> kmsg_dump_reason)’ [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
>     79 |         .dump = oops_to_nvram
>        |                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
> arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c:79:17: note: (near initialization for 
> ‘nvram_kmsg_dumper.dump’)
> arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c:645:13: error: conflicting types for 
> ‘oops_to_nvram’; have ‘void(struct kmsg_dumper *, enum 
> kmsg_dump_reason,  const char *)’
>    645 | static void oops_to_nvram(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper,
>        |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
> arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c:75:13: note: previous declaration of 
> ‘oops_to_nvram’ with type ‘void(struct kmsg_dumper *, enum 
> kmsg_dump_reason)’
>     75 | static void oops_to_nvram(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper,
>        |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
> arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c:75:13: error: ‘oops_to_nvram’ used but 
> never defined [-Werror]
> arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c:645:13: error: ‘oops_to_nvram’ defined 
> but not used [-Werror=unused-function]
>    645 | static void oops_to_nvram(struct kmsg_dumper *dumper,
>        |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
> cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
> make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:244: 
> arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.o] Error 1
> make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:485: arch/powerpc/kernel] Error 2
> 
> make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:485: arch/powerpc] Error 2
> 
> 
> This issue has been introduced with the below commit.
> 
> 
> Commit ID: 7e72bb7504d1192ab89809f6192dba1b06f4fa51.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Venkat.
>