Re: stable-rc 4.9.212-rc1/2e383da55e49: regressions detected in project stable v4.9.y on OE

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On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 12:54:46PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 05:14:33PM +0530, Naresh Kamboju wrote:
> > stable-rc 4.9 build failed due to these build error,
> > 
> > drivers/md/bitmap.c:1702:13: error: conflicting types for 'bitmap_free'
> >  static void bitmap_free(struct bitmap *bitmap)
> >              ^~~~~~~~~~~
> > include/linux/bitmap.h:94:13: note: previous declaration of
> > 'bitmap_free' was here
> >  extern void bitmap_free(const unsigned long *bitmap);
> >              ^~~~~~~~~~~
> > scripts/Makefile.build:304: recipe for target 'drivers/md/bitmap.o' failed
> > 
> > suspecting this patch causing this build failure on stable-rc 4.9
> > 
> > bitmap: Add bitmap_alloc(), bitmap_zalloc() and bitmap_free()
> > commit c42b65e363ce97a828f81b59033c3558f8fa7f70 upstream.
> > 
> > A lot of code become ugly because of open coding allocations for bitmaps.
> > 
> > Introduce three helpers to allow users be more clear of intention
> > and keep their code neat.
> > 
> > Note, due to multiple circular dependencies we may not provide
> > the helpers as inliners. For now we keep them exported and, perhaps,
> > at some point in the future we will sort out header inclusion and
> > inheritance.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Sorry, my fault, am fixing this up for 4.9 and 4.4 and 4.14 right now...
> Will push out new -rcs when working again.

Ok, should be now resolved, sorry for the mess.

greg k-h



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