Hi Cindy, kernel test robot noticed the following build warnings: [auto build test WARNING on mst-vhost/linux-next] [also build test WARNING on linus/master v6.11-rc7 next-20240909] [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/Cindy-Lu/vhost-Add-kthread-support-in-function-vhost_worker_queue/20240909-110046 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst/vhost.git linux-next patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240909020138.1245873-2-lulu%40redhat.com patch subject: [RESEND PATCH v1 1/7] vhost: Add a new module_param for enable kthread config: x86_64-randconfig-123-20240910 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20240910/202409101256.eWKWH1mw-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config) compiler: gcc-12 (Debian 12.2.0-14) 12.2.0 reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20240910/202409101256.eWKWH1mw-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/202409101256.eWKWH1mw-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/ sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>) >> drivers/vhost/vhost.c:44:6: sparse: sparse: symbol 'enforce_kthread' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1898:54: sparse: sparse: self-comparison always evaluates to false drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1899:54: sparse: sparse: self-comparison always evaluates to false drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1900:55: sparse: sparse: self-comparison always evaluates to false drivers/vhost/vhost.c:2155:46: sparse: sparse: self-comparison always evaluates to false drivers/vhost/vhost.c:2235:48: sparse: sparse: self-comparison always evaluates to false vim +/enforce_kthread +44 drivers/vhost/vhost.c 35 36 static ushort max_mem_regions = 64; 37 module_param(max_mem_regions, ushort, 0444); 38 MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_mem_regions, 39 "Maximum number of memory regions in memory map. (default: 64)"); 40 static int max_iotlb_entries = 2048; 41 module_param(max_iotlb_entries, int, 0444); 42 MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_iotlb_entries, 43 "Maximum number of iotlb entries. (default: 2048)"); > 44 bool enforce_kthread = true; 45 module_param(enforce_kthread, bool, 0444); 46 MODULE_PARM_DESC(enforce_kthread, "enable vhost to use kthread (default: Y)"); 47 -- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests/wiki