On Mon, 24 Jan 2022 19:40:53 +0800 kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Tong, > > > >> fs/binfmt_misc.c:828:21: error: incompatible pointer types assigning to 'struct ctl_table_header *' from 'struct sysctl_header *' [-Werror,-Wincompatible-pointer-types] > binfmt_misc_header = register_sysctl_mount_point("fs/binfmt_misc"); > ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 1 error generated. > > > vim +828 fs/binfmt_misc.c > > 821 > 822 static int __init init_misc_binfmt(void) > 823 { > 824 int err = register_filesystem(&bm_fs_type); > 825 if (!err) > 826 insert_binfmt(&misc_format); > 827 > > 828 binfmt_misc_header = register_sysctl_mount_point("fs/binfmt_misc"); > 829 if (!binfmt_misc_header) { > 830 pr_warn("Failed to create fs/binfmt_misc sysctl mount point"); > 831 return -ENOMEM; > 832 } > 833 return 0; > 834 } > 835 This is actually a blooper in Luis's "sysctl: add helper to register a sysctl mount point". Please test, review, ridicule, etc: From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: include/linux/sysctl.h: fix register_sysctl_mount_point() return type The CONFIG_SYSCTL=n stub returns the wrong type. Fixes: ee9efac48a082 ("sysctl: add helper to register a sysctl mount point") Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tong Zhang <ztong0001@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/sysctl.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/include/linux/sysctl.h~a +++ a/include/linux/sysctl.h @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ static inline struct ctl_table_header *r return NULL; } -static inline struct sysctl_header *register_sysctl_mount_point(const char *path) +static inline struct ctl_table_header *register_sysctl_mount_point(const char *path) { return NULL; } _