Re: Build regressions/improvements in v5.16-rc1

[Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>]

On 11/16/21 5:59 PM, Nick Terrell wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Nov 15, 2021, at 8:44 AM, Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>> On 11/15/21 17:12, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>>> On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 4:54 PM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>>>> Below is the list of build error/warning regressions/improvements in
>>>> v5.16-rc1[1] compared to v5.15[2].
>>>>
>>>> Summarized:
>>>>   - build errors: +20/-13
>>>>   - build warnings: +3/-28
>>>>
>>>> Happy fixing! ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks to the linux-next team for providing the build service.
>>>>
>>>> [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/fa55b7dcdc43c1aa1ba12bca9d2dd4318c2a0dbf/  (all 90 configs)
>>>> [2] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/8bb7eca972ad531c9b149c0a51ab43a417385813/  (all 90 configs)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *** ERRORS ***
>>>>
>>>> 20 error regressions:
>>>>   + /kisskb/src/arch/parisc/include/asm/jump_label.h: error: expected ':' before '__stringify':  => 33:4, 18:4
>>>>   + /kisskb/src/arch/parisc/include/asm/jump_label.h: error: label 'l_yes' defined but not used [-Werror=unused-label]:  => 38:1, 23:1
>>>
>>>     due to static_branch_likely() in crypto/api.c
>>>
>>> parisc-allmodconfig
>>
>> fixed now in the parisc for-next git tree.
>>
>>
>>>>   + /kisskb/src/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h: error: "COND" redefined [-Werror]:  => 531
>>>>   + /kisskb/src/lib/zstd/compress/zstd_double_fast.c: error: the frame size of 3252 bytes is larger than 1536 bytes [-Werror=frame-larger-than=]:  => 47:1
>>>>   + /kisskb/src/lib/zstd/compress/zstd_double_fast.c: error: the frame size of 3360 bytes is larger than 1536 bytes [-Werror=frame-larger-than=]:  => 499:1
>>>>   + /kisskb/src/lib/zstd/compress/zstd_double_fast.c: error: the frame size of 5344 bytes is larger than 1536 bytes [-Werror=frame-larger-than=]:  => 334:1
>>>>   + /kisskb/src/lib/zstd/compress/zstd_double_fast.c: error: the frame size of 5380 bytes is larger than 1536 bytes [-Werror=frame-larger-than=]:  => 354:1
>>>>   + /kisskb/src/lib/zstd/compress/zstd_fast.c: error: the frame size of 1824 bytes is larger than 1536 bytes [-Werror=frame-larger-than=]:  => 372:1
>>>>   + /kisskb/src/lib/zstd/compress/zstd_fast.c: error: the frame size of 2224 bytes is larger than 1536 bytes [-Werror=frame-larger-than=]:  => 204:1
>>>>   + /kisskb/src/lib/zstd/compress/zstd_fast.c: error: the frame size of 3800 bytes is larger than 1536 bytes [-Werror=frame-larger-than=]:  => 476:1
>>>
>>> parisc-allmodconfig
>>
>> parisc needs much bigger frame sizes, so I'm not astonished here.
>> During the v5.15 cycl I increased it to 1536 (from 1280), so I'm simply tempted to
>> increase it this time to 4096, unless someone has a better idea....
> 
> This patch set should fix the zstd stack size warnings [0]. I’ve
> verified the fix using the same tooling: gcc-8-hppa-linux-gnu.
> 
> I’ll send the PR to Linus tomorrow. I’ve been informed that it
> isn't strictly necessary to send the patches to the mailing list
> for bug fixes, but its already done, so I’ll wait and see if there
> is any feedback.

IMO several (or many more) people would disagree with that.

"strictly?"  OK, it's probably possible that almost any patch
could be merged without being on a mailing list, but it's not
desirable (except in the case of "security" patches).

-- 
~Randy