Hi Elliot, Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on 6ccbe33a39523f6d62b22c5ee99c6695993c935e] url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Elliot-Berman/mailbox-Allow-direct-registration-to-a-channel/20230324-031813 base: 6ccbe33a39523f6d62b22c5ee99c6695993c935e patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230323191527.1472695-4-quic_eberman%40quicinc.com patch subject: [PATCH v2 3/3] mailbox: pcc: Use mbox_bind_client config: x86_64-randconfig-s022 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20230324/202303241233.htC8Sxvg-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config) compiler: gcc-11 (Debian 11.3.0-8) 11.3.0 reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-39-gce1a6720-dirty # https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commit/5db6edf9f393224193ab13e82d63e0d7616c74c9 git remote add linux-review https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux git fetch --no-tags linux-review Elliot-Berman/mailbox-Allow-direct-registration-to-a-channel/20230324-031813 git checkout 5db6edf9f393224193ab13e82d63e0d7616c74c9 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 olddefconfig make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/mailbox/ If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable | Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> | Link: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202303241233.htC8Sxvg-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/ sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>) >> drivers/mailbox/pcc.c:355:5: sparse: sparse: symbol 'pcc_startup' was not declared. Should it be static? >> drivers/mailbox/pcc.c:378:6: sparse: sparse: symbol 'pcc_shutdown' was not declared. Should it be static? -- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests