Hi Stefan, [FYI, it's a private test report for your RFC patch.] [auto build test WARNING on zohar-integrity/next-integrity] [also build test WARNING on linus/master v5.16-rc3] [cannot apply to pcmoore-selinux/next next-20211130] [If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note. And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Stefan-Berger/ima-Namespace-IMA-with-audit-support-in-IMA-ns/20211201-001242 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/zohar/linux-integrity.git next-integrity config: i386-randconfig-s001-20211128 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20211201/202112011144.GSq3J2Pi-lkp(a)intel.com/config) compiler: gcc-9 (Debian 9.3.0-22) 9.3.0 reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-dirty # https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commit/659493ff54e52f8cb2023b00c5b86c13ed68ecdf git remote add linux-review https://github.com/0day-ci/linux git fetch --no-tags linux-review Stefan-Berger/ima-Namespace-IMA-with-audit-support-in-IMA-ns/20211201-001242 git checkout 659493ff54e52f8cb2023b00c5b86c13ed68ecdf # save the config file to linux build tree make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate Reported-by: kernel test robot sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>) >> security/inode.c:243:15: sparse: sparse: symbol '_securityfs_create_symlink' was not declared. Should it be static? >> security/inode.c:303:6: sparse: sparse: symbol '_securityfs_remove' was not declared. Should it be static? Please review and possibly fold the followup patch. --- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service, Intel Corporation https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-all(a)lists.01.org