tree: https://github.com/mchinth/linux  sep_socwatch_linux_5_9 head: 7296486889985b9d9895a39f551764a4b0425bea commit: 80c46c8183c607e70bcb88e9b04febae6c7775a2 [34/41] SEP/SOCWATCH Update SoCWatch driver after rebasing to linux v5.6 config: i386-randconfig-s001-20210603 (attached as .config) compiler: gcc-9 (Debian 9.3.0-22) 9.3.0 reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.3-341-g8af24329-dirty # https://github.com/mchinth/linux/commit/80c46c8183c607e70bcb88e9b04febae6c7775a2 git remote add mchinth https://github.com/mchinth/linux git fetch --no-tags mchinth  sep_socwatch_linux_5_9 git checkout 80c46c8183c607e70bcb88e9b04febae6c7775a2 # save the attached .config to linux build tree make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' W=1 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/platform/x86/socwatch/sw_counter_list.c:88:25: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 2 (different base types) @@ expected unsigned int flags @@ got restricted gfp_t @@ drivers/platform/x86/socwatch/sw_counter_list.c:88:25: sparse: expected unsigned int flags drivers/platform/x86/socwatch/sw_counter_list.c:88:25: sparse: got restricted gfp_t vim +88 drivers/platform/x86/socwatch/sw_counter_list.c 74 75 pw_u64_t i = 0, max_msr_value = 0;//, msr_array_size = 0; 76 pw_u64_t msr_list_size = sizeof(msr_info_list) / sizeof(msr_info_list[0]); 77 78 // TODO: Probably sort msr_info_list rather than assuming it is sorted. 79 80 // Since 'msr_info_list' is sorted, the last entry should be the highest MSR 81 // address 82 max_msr_value = msr_info_list[msr_list_size-1]; 83 pw_pr_debug("max msr value: %llx\n", max_msr_value); 84 85 // TODO: Optimize the memory usage by making msr_search_array a bit vector 86 msr_search_array_size = max_msr_value + 1; 87 msr_search_array = sw_kmalloc(msr_search_array_size * sizeof(pw_u8_t), > 88 GFP_KERNEL); 89 90 if (msr_search_array == NULL) { 91 return -PW_ERROR; 92 } 93 94 memset(msr_search_array, 0, msr_search_array_size); 95 96 for (i = 0; i < msr_list_size; ++i) { 97 msr_search_array[msr_info_list[i]] = 1; 98 } 99 100 return PW_SUCCESS; 101 } 102 --- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service, Intel Corporation https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-all@lists.01.org