Hi Greg, For Linux 4.8 spidev_test.c fails to compile using musl libc, this was fixed in 4.9 by commit 8736f8022e532a3c1d8873aac78e1113c6ffc3b9 (spi: spidev_test: fix build with musl libc).
Please consider cherry-picking the above commit for 4.8-stable. Thanks Ralph