Re: [REGRESSION] stable-rc/linux-6.12.y: (build)passing argument 1 of ‘linkmode_fill’ makes pointer from integer wi...

Re: [REGRESSION] stable-rc/linux-6.12.y: (build)passing argument 1 of ‘linkmode_fill’ makes pointer from integer wi...

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at 01:59:05PM -0000, KernelCI bot wrote:
> New build issue found on stable-rc/linux-6.12.y:
> 
> ---
> passing argument 1 of ‘linkmode_fill’ makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion] in drivers/net/phy/phy_device.o (drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c) [logspec:kbuild,kbuild.compiler.error]
> ---
> 
> Log excerpt:
> =====================================================
> /tmp/kci/linux/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c:3059:29: error: passing argument 1 of ‘linkmode_fill’ makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion]
>  3059 |         linkmode_fill(phydev->eee_broken_modes);
>       |                       ~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>       |                             |
>       |                             u32 {aka unsigned int}
> In file included from /tmp/kci/linux/include/linux/mii.h:13,
>                  from /tmp/kci/linux/include/uapi/linux/mdio.h:15,
>                  from /tmp/kci/linux/include/linux/mdio.h:9,
>                  from /tmp/kci/linux/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c:23:
> /tmp/kci/linux/include/linux/linkmode.h:13:49: note: expected ‘long unsigned int *’ but argument is of type ‘u32’ {aka ‘unsigned int’}
>    13 | static inline void linkmode_fill(unsigned long *dst)
>       |                                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~
> 
> =====================================================
> 
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> Reported-by: kernelci.org bot <bot@kernelci.org>
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> - dashboard: https://d.kernelci.org/i/maestro:bdb28b77374b282063c23c44b336428b1a4691fb
> - giturl: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git
> - commit HEAD:  09da4c7d441294e4264cc4804d8bc76433d5e0c1
> 
> # Builds where the incident occurred:
> 
> ## defconfig on (riscv):
> - compiler: gcc-14
> - config: None
> - dashboard: https://d.kernelci.org/build/maestro:6aabeb69fc1857a999df1355
> 
> ## defconfig+lab-setup+arm64-chromebook+CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS=n+CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_NONE=y on (arm64):
> - compiler: gcc-14
> - config: https://files.kernelci.org/kbuild-gcc-14-arm64-chromebook-6aabeab8fc1857a999df0f48/.config
> - dashboard: https://d.kernelci.org/build/maestro:6aabeab8fc1857a999df0f48
> 
> ## x86_64_defconfig+aws-ec2 on (x86_64):
> - compiler: gcc-15
> - config: None
> - dashboard: https://d.kernelci.org/build/maestro:6aabeb88fc1857a999df1404
> 
> #kernelci issue maestro:bdb28b77374b282063c23c44b336428b1a4691fb
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Now fixed, thanks!