Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the net-next tree

Stephen Rothwell
2021-10-05T01:24:13Z

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Hi all,

On Tue, 5 Oct 2021 11:56:37 +1100 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> wrote:
>
> After merging the net-next tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> ppc64_defconfig) failed like this:
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c: In function 'ehea_setup_single_port':
> drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c:2989:23: error: passing argument 2 of 'eth_hw_addr_set' from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
> 2989 | eth_hw_addr_set(dev, &port->mac_addr);
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> | |
> | u64 * {aka long long unsigned int *}
> In file included from include/linux/if_vlan.h:11,
> from include/linux/filter.h:19,
> from include/net/sock.h:59,
> from include/linux/tcp.h:19,
> from drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c:20:
> include/linux/etherdevice.h:309:70: note: expected 'const u8 *' {aka 'const unsigned char *'} but argument is of type 'u64 *' {aka 'long long unsigned int *'}
> 309 | static inline void eth_hw_addr_set(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *addr)
> | ~~~~~~~~~~^~~~
> cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
>
> Caused by commit
>
> a96d317fb1a3 ("ethernet: use eth_hw_addr_set()")
>
> I have used the net-next tree from next-20211001 for today.

I also had to use the next-20211001 version if the bpf-next tree (since
it had been reset past the broken commit in the net-next tree).

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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