Hi Mason, Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on linus/master] [cannot apply to v5.4-rc5 next-20191030] [if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improve the system. BTW, we also suggest to use '--base' option to specify the base tree in git format-patch, please see https://stackoverflow.com/a/37406982] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Mason-Yang/mtd-rawnand-Add-support-Macronix-Block-Protection-deep-power-down-mode/20191030-071757 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git 23fdb198ae81f47a574296dab5167c5e136a02ba reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.1-dirty make ARCH=x86_64 allmodconfig make C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag Reported-by: kbuild test robot sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>) >> drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_macronix.c:142:5: sparse: sparse: symbol 'nand_power_down_op' was not declared. Should it be static? Please review and possibly fold the followup patch. --- 0-DAY kernel test infrastructure Open Source Technology Center https://lists.01.org/pipermail/kbuild-all Intel Corporation