Hi Matt, [auto build test ERROR on efi/next] [cannot apply to v4.6-rc3 next-20160411] [if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improving the system] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Matt-Fleming/efi-Delete-global-memmap-variable/20160411-210837 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mfleming/efi.git next config: ia64-allyesconfig (attached as .config) reproduce: wget https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/wfg/lkp-tests.git/plain/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross # save the attached .config to linux build tree make.cross ARCH=ia64 Note: the linux-review/Matt-Fleming/efi-Delete-global-memmap-variable/20160411-210837 HEAD 8fc82e8aa63ce89d26d143cce41530319212f7d8 builds fine. It only hurts bisectibility. All error/warnings (new ones prefixed by >>): drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c: In function 'efi_mem_desc_lookup': >> drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c:259:31: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type struct efi_memory_map *map = &efi.memmap; ^ In file included from drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c:22:0: drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c: In function 'efi_mem_attributes': >> include/linux/efi.h:973:37: error: invalid type argument of '->' (have 'struct efi') for_each_efi_memory_desc_in_map(efi->memmap, md) ^ include/linux/efi.h:962:15: note: in definition of macro 'for_each_efi_memory_desc_in_map' for ((md) = (m)->map; \ ^ >> drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c:628:2: note: in expansion of macro 'for_each_efi_memory_desc' for_each_efi_memory_desc(md) { ^ >> include/linux/efi.h:973:37: error: invalid type argument of '->' (have 'struct efi') for_each_efi_memory_desc_in_map(efi->memmap, md) ^ include/linux/efi.h:963:38: note: in definition of macro 'for_each_efi_memory_desc_in_map' (md) <= (efi_memory_desc_t *)((m)->map_end - (m)->desc_size); \ ^ >> drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c:628:2: note: in expansion of macro 'for_each_efi_memory_desc' for_each_efi_memory_desc(md) { ^ >> include/linux/efi.h:973:37: error: invalid type argument of '->' (have 'struct efi') for_each_efi_memory_desc_in_map(efi->memmap, md) ^ include/linux/efi.h:963:53: note: in definition of macro 'for_each_efi_memory_desc_in_map' (md) <= (efi_memory_desc_t *)((m)->map_end - (m)->desc_size); \ ^ >> drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c:628:2: note: in expansion of macro 'for_each_efi_memory_desc' for_each_efi_memory_desc(md) { ^ >> include/linux/efi.h:973:37: error: invalid type argument of '->' (have 'struct efi') for_each_efi_memory_desc_in_map(efi->memmap, md) ^ include/linux/efi.h:964:30: note: in definition of macro 'for_each_efi_memory_desc_in_map' (md) = (void *)(md) + (m)->desc_size) ^ >> drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c:628:2: note: in expansion of macro 'for_each_efi_memory_desc' for_each_efi_memory_desc(md) { ^ vim +973 include/linux/efi.h 967 * for_each_efi_memory_desc - iterate over descriptors in efi->memmap 968 * @md: the efi_memory_desc_t * iterator 969 * 970 * Once the loop finishes @md must not be accessed. 971 */ 972 #define for_each_efi_memory_desc(md) \ > 973 for_each_efi_memory_desc_in_map(efi->memmap, md) 974 975 /* 976 * Format an EFI memory descriptor's type and attributes to a user-provided --- 0-DAY kernel test infrastructure Open Source Technology Center https://lists.01.org/pipermail/kbuild-all Intel Corporation