Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752387AbbDTTke (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:40:34 -0400 Received: from bh-25.webhostbox.net ([208.91.199.152]:45377 "EHLO bh-25.webhostbox.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750872AbbDTTkb (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:40:31 -0400 Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:40:28 -0700 From: Guenter Roeck To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Rusty Russell , Ralf Baechle , Florian Fainelli , linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: mips build failures due to commit 8dd928915a73 (mips: fix up obsolete cpu function usage) Message-ID: <20150420194028.GA10814@roeck-us.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Authenticated_sender: guenter@roeck-us.net X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 X-CTCH-PVer: 0000001 X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-VOD: Unknown X-CTCH-Flags: 0 X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020201.5535562E.0253,ss=1,re=0.000,recu=0.000,reip=0.000,cl=1,cld=1,fgs=0 X-CTCH-Score: 0.000 X-CTCH-ScoreCust: 0.000 X-CTCH-Rules: X-CTCH-SenderID: linux@roeck-us.net X-CTCH-SenderID-Flags: 0 X-CTCH-SenderID-TotalMessages: 1 X-CTCH-SenderID-TotalSpam: 0 X-CTCH-SenderID-TotalSuspected: 0 X-CTCH-SenderID-TotalConfirmed: 0 X-CTCH-SenderID-TotalBulk: 0 X-CTCH-SenderID-TotalVirus: 0 X-CTCH-SenderID-TotalRecipients: 0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - bh-25.webhostbox.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - roeck-us.net X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: bh-25.webhostbox.net: mailgid no entry from get_relayhosts_entry X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1194 Lines: 29 Hi, the upstream kernel fails to build mips:nlm_xlp_defconfig, mips:nlm_xlp_defconfig, mips:cavium_octeon_defconfig, and possibly other targets, with errors such as arch/mips/kernel/smp.c:211:2: error: passing argument 2 of 'cpumask_set_cpu' discards 'volatile' qualifier from pointer target type arch/mips/kernel/process.c:52:2: error: passing argument 2 of 'cpumask_test_cpu' discards 'volatile' qualifier from pointer target type arch/mips/cavium-octeon/smp.c:242:2: error: passing argument 2 of 'cpumask_clear_cpu' discards 'volatile' qualifier from pointer target type The problem was introduced with commit 8dd928915a73 (" mips: fix up obsolete cpu function usage"). I would send a patch to fix it, but I am not sure if removing 'volatile' from the variable declaration(s) would be a good idea. I don't recall seeing the problem in -next, but unless I am missing something, the patch never made it into -next to start with. Guenter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/