Hi Sumitra, Thank you for the patch! Yet something to improve: [auto build test ERROR on staging/staging-testing] url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Sumitra-Sharma/Staging-nvec-Change-container_of-macro-to-an-inline-function/20230319-010628 patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230318170514.GA49181%40sumitra.com patch subject: [PATCH] Staging: nvec: Change container_of macro to an inline function. config: arm64-randconfig-r014-20230319 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20230319/202303190233.v2KJFmIG-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config) compiler: clang version 17.0.0 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 67409911353323ca5edf2049ef0df54132fa1ca7) reproduce (this is a W=1 build): wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross # install arm64 cross compiling tool for clang build # apt-get install binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu # https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commit/e58807d27f0ba705144bce72751f5cb0a75b9682 git remote add linux-review https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux git fetch --no-tags linux-review Sumitra-Sharma/Staging-nvec-Change-container_of-macro-to-an-inline-function/20230319-010628 git checkout e58807d27f0ba705144bce72751f5cb0a75b9682 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=clang make.cross W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=arm64 olddefconfig COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=clang make.cross W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=arm64 SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/staging/nvec/ If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable | Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> | Link: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202303190233.v2KJFmIG-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/ All errors (new ones prefixed by >>): >> drivers/staging/nvec/nvec_paz00.c:19:9: error: incomplete definition of type 'struct nvec_led' return container_of(led_cdev, struct nvec_led, cdev); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ include/linux/container_of.h:20:47: note: expanded from macro 'container_of' static_assert(__same_type(*(ptr), ((type *)0)->member) || \ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ include/linux/compiler_types.h:338:74: note: expanded from macro '__same_type' #define __same_type(a, b) __builtin_types_compatible_p(typeof(a), typeof(b)) ^ include/linux/build_bug.h:77:50: note: expanded from macro 'static_assert' #define static_assert(expr, ...) __static_assert(expr, ##__VA_ARGS__, #expr) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ include/linux/build_bug.h:78:56: note: expanded from macro '__static_assert' #define __static_assert(expr, msg, ...) _Static_assert(expr, msg) ^~~~ drivers/staging/nvec/nvec_paz00.c:17:22: note: forward declaration of 'struct nvec_led' static inline struct nvec_led *to_nvec_led(struct led_classdev *led_cdev) ^ >> drivers/staging/nvec/nvec_paz00.c:19:9: error: offsetof of incomplete type 'struct nvec_led' return container_of(led_cdev, struct nvec_led, cdev); ^ ~~~~~~ include/linux/container_of.h:23:21: note: expanded from macro 'container_of' ((type *)(__mptr - offsetof(type, member))); }) ^ ~~~~ include/linux/stddef.h:16:32: note: expanded from macro 'offsetof' #define offsetof(TYPE, MEMBER) __builtin_offsetof(TYPE, MEMBER) ^ ~~~~ drivers/staging/nvec/nvec_paz00.c:17:22: note: forward declaration of 'struct nvec_led' static inline struct nvec_led *to_nvec_led(struct led_classdev *led_cdev) ^ >> drivers/staging/nvec/nvec_paz00.c:19:9: error: returning 'void' from a function with incompatible result type 'struct nvec_led *' return container_of(led_cdev, struct nvec_led, cdev); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ include/linux/container_of.h:18:41: note: expanded from macro 'container_of' #define container_of(ptr, type, member) ({ \ ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 errors generated. vim +19 drivers/staging/nvec/nvec_paz00.c 16 17 static inline struct nvec_led *to_nvec_led(struct led_classdev *led_cdev) 18 { > 19 return container_of(led_cdev, struct nvec_led, cdev); 20 } 21 -- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests