stable-rc: 4.19: i386: build warnings / errors - Lkft-triage

9 Aug 2023


      LKFT build plans updated with toolchain gcc-13 and here is the report.
While building Linux stable rc 4.19 i386 with gcc-13 failed due to
following warnings / errors.
make --silent --keep-going --jobs=8
O=/home/tuxbuild/.cache/tuxmake/builds/1/build ARCH=i386 SRCARCH=x86
CROSS_COMPILE=i686-linux-gnu- 'CC=sccache i686-linux-gnu-gcc'
'HOSTCC=sccache gcc'
kernel/profile.c: In function 'profile_dead_cpu':
kernel/profile.c:346:27: warning: the comparison will always evaluate
as 'true' for the address of 'prof_cpu_mask' will never be NULL
[-Waddress]
  346 |         if (prof_cpu_mask != NULL)
      |                           ^~
kernel/profile.c:49:22: note: 'prof_cpu_mask' declared here
   49 | static cpumask_var_t prof_cpu_mask;
      |                      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
kernel/profile.c: In function 'profile_online_cpu':
kernel/profile.c:383:27: warning: the comparison will always evaluate
as 'true' for the address of 'prof_cpu_mask' will never be NULL
[-Waddress]
  383 |         if (prof_cpu_mask != NULL)
      |                           ^~
kernel/profile.c:49:22: note: 'prof_cpu_mask' declared here
   49 | static cpumask_var_t prof_cpu_mask;
      |                      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
kernel/profile.c: In function 'profile_tick':
kernel/profile.c:413:47: warning: the comparison will always evaluate
as 'true' for the address of 'prof_cpu_mask' will never be NULL
[-Waddress]
  413 |         if (!user_mode(regs) && prof_cpu_mask != NULL &&
      |                                               ^~
kernel/profile.c:49:22: note: 'prof_cpu_mask' declared here
   49 | static cpumask_var_t prof_cpu_mask;
      |                      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from include/linux/export.h:45,
                 from include/linux/linkage.h:7,
                 from include/linux/kernel.h:7,
                 from drivers/ata/libahci.c:35:
drivers/ata/libahci.c: In function 'ahci_led_store':
include/linux/compiler.h:418:45: error: call to
'__compiletime_assert_108' declared with attribute error: BUILD_BUG_ON
failed: sizeof(_s) > sizeof(long)
  418 |         _compiletime_assert(condition, msg,
__compiletime_assert_, __COUNTER__)
      |                                             ^
include/linux/compiler.h:399:25: note: in definition of macro
'__compiletime_assert'
  399 |                         prefix ## suffix();
         \
      |                         ^~~~~~
Build links,
 - https://qa-reports.linaro.org/lkft/linux-stable-rc-linux-4.19.y/build/v4.19....
 - https://qa-reports.linaro.org/lkft/linux-stable-rc-linux-4.19.y/build/v4.19....
Steps to reproduce:
   tuxmake --runtime podman --target-arch i386 --toolchain gcc-13
--kconfig defconfig
 - https://storage.tuxsuite.com/public/linaro/lkft/builds/2TiUIlGFjnjPBfuTT62nR...
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