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On 6/3/22 08:29, Hawkins, Nick wrote:
>> I sent a patch fixing the problem a minute ago.
> 
> Thank you for correcting this. I had the compiler set to W=1, is there another option I should be using to catch errors like this?
> 

arm:allmodconfig reproduces the problem. I had seen it as well,
which is why I sent a fix. The key is to enable -Werror
(CONFIG_WERROR=y), not W=1.

Guenter