Hi Miquel, I love your patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on broonie-spi/for-next] [also build test WARNING on mtd/nand/next mtd/mtd/next mtd/mtd/fixes v5.16-rc5 next-20211215] [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] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Miquel-Raynal/External-ECC-engines-Macronix-support/20211216-191821 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/spi.git for-next config: i386-randconfig-s002-20211216 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20211217/202112170429.LyEKzvra-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config) compiler: gcc-9 (Debian 9.3.0-22) 9.3.0 reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-dirty # https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commit/bf16b56f7a0cc5aa237129a6b8bd216dc2632c8b git remote add linux-review https://github.com/0day-ci/linux git fetch --no-tags linux-review Miquel-Raynal/External-ECC-engines-Macronix-support/20211216-191821 git checkout bf16b56f7a0cc5aa237129a6b8bd216dc2632c8b # save the config file to linux build tree mkdir build_dir make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/spi/ If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>) drivers/spi/spi-cadence-quadspi.c: note: in included file: include/linux/spi/spi-mem.h:369:38: sparse: sparse: symbol 'spi_mem_no_caps' was not declared. Should it be static? >> drivers/spi/spi-cadence-quadspi.c:1592:38: sparse: sparse: symbol 'cqspi_mem_caps' was not declared. Should it be static? Please review and possibly fold the followup patch. --- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service, Intel Corporation https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-all@xxxxxxxxxxxx