Build regressions/improvements in v6.11-rc4

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, 19 Aug 2024, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> JFYI, when comparing v6.11-rc4[1] to v6.11-rc3[3], the summaries are:
>  - build errors: +6/-4

   + /kisskb/src/arch/sparc/vdso/vdso32/../vclock_gettime.c: error: no previous prototype for '__vdso_clock_gettime' [-Werror=missing-prototypes]:  => 254:1
   + /kisskb/src/arch/sparc/vdso/vdso32/../vclock_gettime.c: error: no previous prototype for '__vdso_clock_gettime_stick' [-Werror=missing-prototypes]:  => 282:1
   + /kisskb/src/arch/sparc/vdso/vdso32/../vclock_gettime.c: error: no previous prototype for '__vdso_gettimeofday' [-Werror=missing-prototypes]:  => 307:1
   + /kisskb/src/arch/sparc/vdso/vdso32/../vclock_gettime.c: error: no previous prototype for '__vdso_gettimeofday_stick' [-Werror=missing-prototypes]:  => 343:1

sparc64-gcc13/sparc64-allmodconfig
(pre-existing, but now emitted twice in this config only?)

   + /kisskb/src/include/linux/compiler_types.h: error: call to '__compiletime_assert_952' declared with attribute error: FIELD_GET: mask is not constant:  => 510:38
   + /kisskb/src/include/linux/compiler_types.h: error: call to '__compiletime_assert_953' declared with attribute error: FIELD_GET: mask is not constant:  => 510:38

powerpc-gcc5/powerpc-all{mod,yes}config

In function 'decode_oa_format.isra.26',
     inlined from 'xe_oa_set_prop_oa_format' at drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_oa.c:1664:6:
drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_oa.c:1573:18: note: in expansion of macro 'FIELD_GET'
   u32 bc_report = FIELD_GET(DRM_XE_OA_FORMAT_MASK_BC_REPORT, fmt);
                   ^
Seen before, patch available.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

 						Geert

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