Hi Stephen, First bad commit (maybe != root cause): tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master head: 1f5abbd77e2c1787e74b7c2caffac97def78ba52 commit: 10bde81c74863472047f31304064018c40f488ee rv/monitor: Add the wip monitor date: 5 months ago config: sparc64-randconfig-s052-20230106 compiler: sparc64-linux-gcc (GCC) 12.1.0 reproduce: wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-39-gce1a6720-dirty # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=10bde81c74863472047f31304064018c40f488ee git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git git fetch --no-tags linus master git checkout 10bde81c74863472047f31304064018c40f488ee # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-12.1.0 make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=sparc64 olddefconfig COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-12.1.0 make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=sparc64 SHELL=/bin/bash kernel/trace/rv/ If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable | Reported-by: kernel test robot sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>) kernel/trace/rv/monitors/wip/wip.c: note: in included file: kernel/trace/rv/monitors/wip/wip.h:30:22: sparse: sparse: symbol 'automaton_wip' was not declared. Should it be static? vim +/da_mon_wip +20 kernel/trace/rv/monitors/wip/wip.c 8812d21219b9c6 Daniel Bristot de Oliveira 2022-07-29 18 8812d21219b9c6 Daniel Bristot de Oliveira 2022-07-29 19 struct rv_monitor rv_wip; 8812d21219b9c6 Daniel Bristot de Oliveira 2022-07-29 @20 DECLARE_DA_MON_PER_CPU(wip, unsigned char); 8812d21219b9c6 Daniel Bristot de Oliveira 2022-07-29 21 :::::: The code at line 20 was first introduced by commit :::::: 8812d21219b9c649dd25eb93915e00939944aeb7 rv/monitor: Add the wip monitor skeleton created by dot2k :::::: TO: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira :::::: CC: Steven Rostedt (Google) -- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests