Build regressions/improvements in v5.17-rc4

Mon Feb 14 21:02:59 AEDT 2022

On Mon, 14 Feb 2022, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> JFYI, when comparing v5.17-rc4[1] to v5.17-rc3[3], the summaries are:
>  - build errors: +1/-0

   + error: arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_entry.o: relocation truncated to fit: R_PPC64_REL14 (stub) against symbol `system_reset_common' defined in .text section in arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.o:  => (.text+0x3ec)

powerpc-gcc5/powerpc-allyesconfig

> [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/754e0b0e35608ed5206d6a67a791563c631cec07/ (all 99 configs)
> [3] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/dfd42facf1e4ada021b939b4e19c935dcdd55566/ (all 99 configs)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

 						Geert

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