Hi,

FYI, the error/warning still remains.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head:   107df03203bb66de56e2caec3bde6d22b55480c5
commit: ea8daa7b97842aab8507b5b5b1e3226cf2d514a6 kbuild: Add option to turn incompatible pointer check into error
date:   4 months ago
config: alpha-allyesconfig (attached as .config)
compiler: alpha-linux-gnu-gcc (Debian 5.4.0-6) 5.4.0 20160609
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
        git checkout ea8daa7b97842aab8507b5b5b1e3226cf2d514a6
        # save the attached .config to linux build tree
        make.cross ARCH=alpha 

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

   fs/binfmt_em86.c: In function 'load_em86':
>> fs/binfmt_em86.c:73:35: error: passing argument 2 of 'copy_strings_kernel' from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
      retval = copy_strings_kernel(1, &i_arg, bprm);
                                      ^
   In file included from fs/binfmt_em86.c:14:0:
   include/linux/binfmts.h:116:12: note: expected 'const char * const*' but argument is of type 'char **'
    extern int copy_strings_kernel(int argc, const char *const *argv,
               ^
   fs/binfmt_em86.c:77:34: error: passing argument 2 of 'copy_strings_kernel' from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
     retval = copy_strings_kernel(1, &i_name, bprm);
                                     ^
   In file included from fs/binfmt_em86.c:14:0:
   include/linux/binfmts.h:116:12: note: expected 'const char * const*' but argument is of type 'char **'
    extern int copy_strings_kernel(int argc, const char *const *argv,
               ^
   fs/binfmt_em86.c:68:2: warning: ignoring return value of 'remove_arg_zero', declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result]
     remove_arg_zero(bprm);
     ^
   cc1: some warnings being treated as errors

vim +/copy_strings_kernel +73 fs/binfmt_em86.c

^1da177e Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  57  	i_name = EM86_I_NAME;
^1da177e Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  58  	i_arg = NULL;		/* We reserve the right to add an arg later */
^1da177e Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  59  
^1da177e Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  60  	/*
^1da177e Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  61  	 * Splice in (1) the interpreter's name for argv[0]
^1da177e Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  62  	 *           (2) (optional) argument to interpreter
^1da177e Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  63  	 *           (3) filename of emulated file (replace argv[0])
^1da177e Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  64  	 *
^1da177e Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  65  	 * This is done in reverse order, because of how the
^1da177e Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  66  	 * user environment and arguments are stored.
^1da177e Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  67  	 */
^1da177e Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  68  	remove_arg_zero(bprm);
^1da177e Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  69  	retval = copy_strings_kernel(1, &bprm->filename, bprm);
^1da177e Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  70  	if (retval < 0) return retval; 
^1da177e Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  71  	bprm->argc++;
^1da177e Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  72  	if (i_arg) {
^1da177e Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 @73  		retval = copy_strings_kernel(1, &i_arg, bprm);
^1da177e Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  74  		if (retval < 0) return retval; 
^1da177e Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  75  		bprm->argc++;
^1da177e Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  76  	}
^1da177e Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  77  	retval = copy_strings_kernel(1, &i_name, bprm);
^1da177e Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  78  	if (retval < 0)	return retval;
^1da177e Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  79  	bprm->argc++;
^1da177e Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  80  
^1da177e Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16  81  	/*

:::::: The code at line 73 was first introduced by commit
:::::: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 Linux-2.6.12-rc2

:::::: TO: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org>
:::::: CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org>

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