Hi Srujana, kernel test robot noticed the following build warnings: [auto build test WARNING on mst-vhost/linux-next] [also build test WARNING on linus/master v6.10-rc1 next-20240531] [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#_base_tree_information] url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Srujana-Challa/vdpa-Add-support-for-no-IOMMU-mode/20240530-182129 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst/vhost.git linux-next patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240530101823.1210161-1-schalla%40marvell.com patch subject: [PATCH] vdpa: Add support for no-IOMMU mode config: powerpc64-randconfig-r123-20240601 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20240602/202406020255.Xp36fzlp-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config) compiler: powerpc64-linux-gcc (GCC) 13.2.0 reproduce: (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20240602/202406020255.Xp36fzlp-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/reproduce) If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags | Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202406020255.Xp36fzlp-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/ sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>) >> drivers/vhost/vdpa.c:39:6: sparse: sparse: symbol 'vhost_vdpa_noiommu' was not declared. Should it be static? vim +/vhost_vdpa_noiommu +39 drivers/vhost/vdpa.c 38 > 39 bool vhost_vdpa_noiommu; 40 module_param_named(enable_vhost_vdpa_unsafe_noiommu_mode, 41 vhost_vdpa_noiommu, bool, 0644); 42 MODULE_PARM_DESC(enable_vhost_vdpa_unsafe_noiommu_mode, "Enable UNSAFE, no-IOMMU mode. This mode provides no device isolation, no DMA translation, no host kernel protection, cannot be used for device assignment to virtual machines, requires RAWIO permissions, and will taint the kernel. If you do not know what this is for, step away. (default: false)"); 43 -- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests/wiki
