Hi Randy, It's probably a bug fix that unveils the link errors. tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master head: 371dd432ab39f7bc55d6ec77d63b430285627e04 commit: acaf892ecbf5be7710ae05a61fd43c668f68ad95 sh: fix multiple function definition build errors date: 2 weeks ago config: sh-allmodconfig (attached as .config) compiler: sh4-linux-gnu-gcc (Debian 7.2.0-11) 7.2.0 reproduce: wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross git checkout acaf892ecbf5be7710ae05a61fd43c668f68ad95 # save the attached .config to linux build tree GCC_VERSION=7.2.0 make.cross ARCH=sh If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag Reported-by: kbuild test robot All errors (new ones prefixed by >>): >> arch/sh/kernel/cpu/sh2/clock-sh7619.o:(.data+0x1c): undefined reference to `followparent_recalc' --- 0-DAY kernel test infrastructure Open Source Technology Center https://lists.01.org/pipermail/kbuild-all Intel Corporation