Hi Suganath, I love your patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on scsi/for-next] [also build test WARNING on mkp-scsi/for-next v5.10-rc5 next-20201123] [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/Suganath-Prabu-S/mpt3sas-Features-to-enhance-driver-debugging/20201124-115842 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi.git for-next config: i386-randconfig-s001-20201124 (attached as .config) compiler: gcc-9 (Debian 9.3.0-15) 9.3.0 reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.3-151-g540c2c4b-dirty # https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commit/7c7da8252f6c7d2b9c9915fed563703a57bb92e4 git remote add linux-review https://github.com/0day-ci/linux git fetch --no-tags linux-review Suganath-Prabu-S/mpt3sas-Features-to-enhance-driver-debugging/20201124-115842 git checkout 7c7da8252f6c7d2b9c9915fed563703a57bb92e4 # save the attached .config to linux build tree make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' ARCH=i386 If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate Reported-by: kernel test robot "sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)" drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_config.c:1793:1: sparse: sparse: symbol '_config_set_driver_trigger_pg0' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_config.c:1835:1: sparse: sparse: symbol 'mpt3sas_config_update_driver_trigger_pg0' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_config.c:1927:1: sparse: sparse: symbol '_config_set_driver_trigger_pg1' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_config.c:1969:1: sparse: sparse: symbol 'mpt3sas_config_update_driver_trigger_pg1' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_config.c:2078:1: sparse: sparse: symbol '_config_set_driver_trigger_pg2' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_config.c:2120:1: sparse: sparse: symbol 'mpt3sas_config_update_driver_trigger_pg2' was not declared. Should it be static? >> drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_config.c:2238:1: sparse: sparse: symbol '_config_set_driver_trigger_pg3' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_config.c:2280:1: sparse: sparse: symbol 'mpt3sas_config_update_driver_trigger_pg3' 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@lists.01.org