Hi Babis, Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on char-misc/char-misc-testing] [also build test WARNING on char-misc/char-misc-next char-misc/char-misc-linus linus/master v6.2-rc4 next-20230119] [If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note. And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information] url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Babis-Chalios/virtio-rng-implement-entropy-leak-feature/20230120-024631 patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230119184349.74072-2-bchalios%40amazon.es patch subject: [PATCH 1/2] virtio-rng: implement entropy leak feature config: x86_64-randconfig-s021 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20230120/202301200941.fE9QkyE3-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/686114cbba5005584d458ad44164b4a4b88135f5 git remote add linux-review https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux git fetch --no-tags linux-review Babis-Chalios/virtio-rng-implement-entropy-leak-feature/20230120-024631 git checkout 686114cbba5005584d458ad44164b4a4b88135f5 # 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/char/hw_random/ If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable | Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>) >> drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c:59:5: sparse: sparse: symbol 'add_fill_on_leak_request' was not declared. Should it be static? >> drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c:73:5: sparse: sparse: symbol 'virtrng_fill_on_leak' was not declared. Should it be static? >> drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c:94:5: sparse: sparse: symbol 'add_copy_on_leak_request' was not declared. Should it be static? >> drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c:113:5: sparse: sparse: symbol 'virtrng_copy_on_leak' was not declared. Should it be static? -- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests
