Build regressions/improvements in v5.12-rc1

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, 1 Mar 2021, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Below is the list of build error/warning regressions/improvements in
> v5.12-rc1[1] compared to v5.11[2].
>
> Summarized:
>  - build errors: +2/-0

> [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/fe07bfda2fb9cdef8a4d4008a409bb02f35f1bd8/ (all 192 configs)
> [2] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/f40ddce88593482919761f74910f42f4b84c004b/ (all 192 configs)
>
>
> *** ERRORS ***
>
> 2 error regressions:
>  + /kisskb/src/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/dc/calcs/dcn_calcs.c: error: implicit declaration of function 'disable_kernel_vsx' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]:  => 674:2
>  + /kisskb/src/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/dc/calcs/dcn_calcs.c: error: implicit declaration of function 'enable_kernel_vsx' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]:  => 638:2

powerpc-gcc4.9/ppc64_book3e_allmodconfig

This was fixed in v5.11-rc1, but reappeared in v5.12-rc1?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

 						Geert

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