Hi Rishi, Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on linus/master] [also build test WARNING on v5.5-rc7 next-20200117] [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/Rishi-Gupta/HID-mcp2221-add-usb-to-i2c-smbus-host-bridge-driver/20200120-133043 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git def9d2780727cec3313ed3522d0123158d87224d reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.1-131-g22978b6b-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/hid/hid-mcp2221.c:397:5: sparse: sparse: symbol 'mcp_smbus_xfer' 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