Hi Markus, [auto build test ERROR on next-20170119] [also build test ERROR on v4.10-rc4] [cannot apply to v4.9-rc8 v4.9-rc7 v4.9-rc6] [if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improve the system] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/SF-Markus-Elfring/PowerPC-KVM-Fine-tuning-for-some-function-implementations/20170121-121537 config: powerpc-defconfig (attached as .config) compiler: powerpc64-linux-gnu-gcc (Debian 6.1.1-9) 6.1.1 20160705 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=powerpc All errors (new ones prefixed by >>): arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xics.c: In function 'kvmppc_xics_create_ics': arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xics.c:1035:16: error: incompatible type for argument 1 of 'kzalloc' ics = kzalloc(*ics), GFP_KERNEL); ^ In file included from include/linux/kvm_host.h:21:0, from arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xics.c:11: include/linux/slab.h:634:21: note: expected 'size_t {aka long unsigned int}' but argument is of type 'struct kvmppc_ics' static inline void *kzalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags) ^~~~~~~ arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xics.c:1035:8: error: too few arguments to function 'kzalloc' ics = kzalloc(*ics), GFP_KERNEL); ^~~~~~~ In file included from include/linux/kvm_host.h:21:0, from arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xics.c:11: include/linux/slab.h:634:21: note: declared here static inline void *kzalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags) ^~~~~~~ >> arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xics.c:1035:21: error: left-hand operand of comma expression has no effect [-Werror=unused-value] ics = kzalloc(*ics), GFP_KERNEL); ^ >> arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xics.c:1035:21: error: statement with no effect [-Werror=unused-value] arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xics.c:1035:33: error: expected ';' before ')' token ics = kzalloc(*ics), GFP_KERNEL); ^ arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xics.c:1035:33: error: expected statement before ')' token cc1: all warnings being treated as errors vim +1035 arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xics.c 1029 1030 /* ICS already exists - somebody else got here first */ 1031 if (xics->ics[icsid]) 1032 goto out; 1033 1034 /* Create the ICS */ > 1035 ics = kzalloc(*ics), GFP_KERNEL); 1036 if (!ics) 1037 goto out; 1038 --- 0-DAY kernel test infrastructure Open Source Technology Center https://lists.01.org/pipermail/kbuild-all Intel Corporation