Hi weiqi, Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on kvm/linux-next] [also build test WARNING on vfio/next vhost/linux-next v5.5-rc5 next-20200109] [if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improve the system. BTW, we also suggest to use '--base' option to specify the base tree in git format-patch, please see https://stackoverflow.com/a/37406982] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/weiqi/page-hinting-add-passthrough-support/20200108-152941 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm.git linux-next reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.1-129-g341daf20-dirty make ARCH=x86_64 allmodconfig make C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>) >> drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c:1275:5: sparse: sparse: symbol 'vfio_iommu_iova_to_phys' was not declared. Should it be static? Please review and possibly fold the followup patch. --- 0-DAY kernel test infrastructure Open Source Technology Center https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-all@xxxxxxxxxxxx Intel Corporation