The patch titled Subject: kernel/hung_task.c - fix sparse warnings has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is kernel-hung_taskc-fix-sparse-warnings.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/kernel-hung_taskc-fix-sparse-warnings.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/kernel-hung_taskc-fix-sparse-warnings.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@xxxxxx> Subject: kernel/hung_task.c - fix sparse warnings sparse complains: CHECK kernel/hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c:28:19: warning: symbol 'sysctl_hung_task_check_count' was not declared. Should it be static? kernel/hung_task.c:42:29: warning: symbol 'sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs' was not declared. Should it be static? kernel/hung_task.c:47:29: warning: symbol 'sysctl_hung_task_check_interval_secs' was not declared. Should it be static? kernel/hung_task.c:49:19: warning: symbol 'sysctl_hung_task_warnings' was not declared. Should it be static? kernel/hung_task.c:61:28: warning: symbol 'sysctl_hung_task_panic' was not declared. Should it be static? kernel/hung_task.c:219:5: warning: symbol 'proc_dohung_task_timeout_secs' was not declared. Should it be static? Add the appropriate header file to provide declarations. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/467.1548649525@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@xxxxxx> Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/hung_task.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/kernel/hung_task.c~kernel-hung_taskc-fix-sparse-warnings +++ a/kernel/hung_task.c @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ #include <linux/utsname.h> #include <linux/sched/signal.h> #include <linux/sched/debug.h> +#include <linux/sched/sysctl.h> #include <trace/events/sched.h> _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from valdis.kletnieks@xxxxxx are kernel-hung_taskc-fix-sparse-warnings.patch