On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 12:49:52AM +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 1:32 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 12:48:22AM +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 6:33 AM kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-4.19.y
> > > > head:   610bdbf6a174c9a91e34e276a9594114b44bef74
> > > > commit: b6f69f72c15d7f973f5709c5351f378f235b3654 [1441/2773] mm: don't rely on system state to detect hot-plug operations
> > > > config: x86_64-randconfig-a001-20210110 (attached as .config)
> > > > compiler: clang version 12.0.0 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project bc556e5685c0f97e79fb7b3c6f15cc5062db8e36)
> > > > reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
> > > >         wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
> > > >         chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
> > > >         # install x86_64 cross compiling tool for clang build
> > > >         # apt-get install binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu
> > > >         # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git/commit/?id=b6f69f72c15d7f973f5709c5351f378f235b3654
> > > >         git remote add linux-stable-rc https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git
> > > >         git fetch --no-tags linux-stable-rc linux-4.19.y
> > > >         git checkout b6f69f72c15d7f973f5709c5351f378f235b3654
> > > >         # save the attached .config to linux build tree
> > > >         COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=clang make.cross ARCH=x86_64
> > > >
> > > > If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
> > > > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> > > >
> > > > All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
> > > >
> > > > >> drivers/base/node.c:429:5: warning: no previous prototype for function 'register_mem_block_under_node_early' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> > > >    int register_mem_block_under_node_early(struct memory_block *mem_blk, void *arg)
> > > >        ^
> > > >    drivers/base/node.c:429:1: note: declare 'static' if the function is not intended to be used outside of this translation unit
> > > >    int register_mem_block_under_node_early(struct memory_block *mem_blk, void *arg)
> > > >    ^
> > > >    static
> > > >    1 warning generated.
> > >
> > > It is fixed in the mainline. Will stable tree pick it from there ?
> >
> > What is the git commit id for this?
> 
> commit  f85086f95fa3 (mm: don't rely on system state to detect
> hot-plug operations)
> which marks this function as static.

Ah, that's not ok for stable trees.  Don't worry about this, sparse
issues for stuff like this is not a big deal for stable releases.

thanks,

greg k-h