The arch mips builds failed on Linux next-20240709 tag due to below build warnings / errors [1] with clang-18 and gcc-12 / gcc-8.

This is started from Linux next-20240709. GOOD: next-20240703 BAD: next-20240709

Build details, ------- kernel: 6.10.0-rc7 git_repo: https://gitlab.com/Linaro/lkft/mirrors/next/linux-next git_ref: master git_sha: 82d01fe6ee52086035b201cfa1410a3b04384257 git_describe: next-20240709 Test details: https://qa-reports.linaro.org/lkft/linux-next-master/build/next-20240709

Regressions (compared to build next-20240703) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

mips: build: * clang-18-allnoconfig * clang-nightly-defconfig * gcc-8-allnoconfig * gcc-12-malta_defconfig * clang-18-tinyconfig * gcc-12-defconfig * clang-nightly-allnoconfig * gcc-12-tinyconfig * gcc-8-malta_defconfig * gcc-12-allnoconfig * clang-18-defconfig * gcc-8-tinyconfig * clang-nightly-tinyconfig * gcc-8-defconfig

Reported-by: Linux Kernel Functional Testing lkft@linaro.org

Build warnings / errors [2]: --------- drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c:180:11: error: call to undeclared function 'read_gic_redir_counter'; ISO C99 and later do not support implicit function declarations [-Wimplicit-function-declaration] 180 | count = read_gic_redir_counter(); | ^ drivers/clocksource/mips-gic-timer.c:184:7: error: call to undeclared function 'read_gic_redir_counter_32h'; ISO C99 and later do not support implicit function declarations [-Wimplicit-function-declaration] 184 | hi = read_gic_redir_counter_32h(); | ^

Links: ---- [1] https://qa-reports.linaro.org/lkft/linux-next-master/build/next-20240709/tes... [2] https://storage.tuxsuite.com/public/linaro/lkft/builds/2j0Ox1y8pT9eOUt60DNHQ...

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