On Mon, 18 Jul 2022 23:44:18 +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> With GCC 12 allmodconfig prom_init fails to build:
>
> Error: External symbol 'memset' referenced from prom_init.c
> make[2]: *** [arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile:204:
> arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init_check] Error 1
>
> The allmodconf
On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 6:44 AM Michael Ellerman wrote:
>
> With GCC 12, allmodconfig enables CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL_PATTERN, which
> causes the compiler to emit memset calls to initialise on-stack
> variables with a pattern.
Ahh, and that explains why "volatile" made no difference. That did
seem
On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 2:44 PM Michael Ellerman wrote:
>
> With GCC 12 allmodconfig prom_init fails to build:
>
> Error: External symbol 'memset' referenced from prom_init.c
> make[2]: *** [arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile:204:
> arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init_check] Error 1
>
>
> Reported-by:
With GCC 12 allmodconfig prom_init fails to build:
Error: External symbol 'memset' referenced from prom_init.c
make[2]: *** [arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile:204:
arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init_check] Error 1
The allmodconfig build enables KASAN, so all calls to memset in
prom_init should be conv
