Hi Petko, [auto build test ERROR on integrity/next] [cannot apply to v4.4-rc7 next-20151231] [if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improving the system] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Petko-Manolov/ima_write_policy-optimizations/20160102-013037 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/zohar/linux-integrity.git next config: i386-randconfig-x002-12300610 (attached as .config) reproduce: # save the attached .config to linux build tree make ARCH=i386 All errors (new ones prefixed by >>): security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c:275:9: sparse: undefined identifier 'data' security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c:276:14: sparse: undefined identifier 'data' security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c:279:11: sparse: undefined identifier 'data' security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c:282:28: sparse: undefined identifier 'data' security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c:289:37: sparse: undefined identifier 'data' security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c:296:15: sparse: undefined identifier 'data' security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c: In function 'ima_write_policy': >> security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c:275:2: error: 'data' undeclared (first use in this function) data = kmalloc(datalen + 1, GFP_KERNEL); ^ security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c:275:2: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in vim +/data +275 security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c 4af4662f Mimi Zohar 2009-02-04 269 /* No partial writes. */ 6ccd0456 Eric Paris 2010-04-20 270 result = -EINVAL; 6ccd0456 Eric Paris 2010-04-20 271 if (*ppos != 0) 6ccd0456 Eric Paris 2010-04-20 272 goto out; 6ccd0456 Eric Paris 2010-04-20 273 6ccd0456 Eric Paris 2010-04-20 274 result = -ENOMEM; 4af4662f Mimi Zohar 2009-02-04 @275 data = kmalloc(datalen + 1, GFP_KERNEL); 4af4662f Mimi Zohar 2009-02-04 276 if (!data) 6ccd0456 Eric Paris 2010-04-20 277 goto out; 4af4662f Mimi Zohar 2009-02-04 278 :::::: The code at line 275 was first introduced by commit :::::: 4af4662fa4a9dc62289c580337ae2506339c4729 integrity: IMA policy :::::: TO: Mimi Zohar :::::: CC: James Morris --- 0-DAY kernel test infrastructure Open Source Technology Center https://lists.01.org/pipermail/kbuild-all Intel Corporation