Hi, Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on scsi/for-next] [cannot apply to v5.4-rc3 next-20191014] [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/balsundar-p-microsemi-com/scsi-aacraid-updates/20191015-142326 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi.git for-next reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.1-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/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c:1467:6: sparse: sparse: symbol 'aac_schedule_bus_scan' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c:2385:5: sparse: sparse: symbol 'aac_send_safw_hostttime' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c:2414:5: sparse: sparse: symbol 'aac_send_hosttime' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c:599:17: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'aac_fib_send' - different lock contexts for basic block drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c:754:17: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'aac_hba_send' - different lock contexts for basic block drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c:1502:32: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in '_aac_reset_adapter' - unexpected unlock Please review and possibly fold the followup patch. --- 0-DAY kernel test infrastructure Open Source Technology Center https://lists.01.org/pipermail/kbuild-all Intel Corporation