Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the spi tree

Jean Pihet
2020-01-15T11:39:13Z

Stephen,

On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 11:28 AM Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> wrote:
>
> Hi Jean,
>
> On Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:10:09 +0100 Jean Pihet <jean.pihet@newoldbits.com> wrote:
> >
> > I did not have this warning, it may be a combination of compiler
> > version and build flags. Do you need a fixup patch for it?
>
> That is up to Mark, really. Unfortunately, Linus will probably get
> this warning during the merge window which he will complain about.

Ok I just sent a fixup patch to Mark (on spi ML). Could it still reach 5.6?

>
> It is really weird, as there are three other references to rx_wlen
> immediately before the one complained about ... so maybe this is a bug
> in the compiler I am using (gcc 9.2.1 from Debian, cross compiler
> ppc64le hosted).
Yes indeed it is weird. Only some compiler versions are throwing the warning.

Thanks,
Jean

>
> --
> Cheers,
> Stephen Rothwell