The patch titled Subject: kernel/elfcore.c: include proper prototypes has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was include-proper-prototypes-for-kernel-elfcorec.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@xxxxxx> Subject: kernel/elfcore.c: include proper prototypes When building with W=1, gcc properly complains that there's no prototypes: CC kernel/elfcore.o kernel/elfcore.c:7:17: warning: no previous prototype for 'elf_core_extra_phdrs' [-Wmissing-prototypes] 7 | Elf_Half __weak elf_core_extra_phdrs(void) | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ kernel/elfcore.c:12:12: warning: no previous prototype for 'elf_core_write_extra_phdrs' [-Wmissing-prototypes] 12 | int __weak elf_core_write_extra_phdrs(struct coredump_params *cprm, loff_t offset) | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ kernel/elfcore.c:17:12: warning: no previous prototype for 'elf_core_write_extra_data' [-Wmissing-prototypes] 17 | int __weak elf_core_write_extra_data(struct coredump_params *cprm) | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ kernel/elfcore.c:22:15: warning: no previous prototype for 'elf_core_extra_data_size' [-Wmissing-prototypes] 22 | size_t __weak elf_core_extra_data_size(void) | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Provide the include file so gcc is happy, and we don't have potential code drift Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/29875.1565224705@turing-police Signed-off-by: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/elfcore.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/kernel/elfcore.c~include-proper-prototypes-for-kernel-elfcorec +++ a/kernel/elfcore.c @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ #include <linux/fs.h> #include <linux/mm.h> #include <linux/binfmts.h> +#include <linux/elfcore.h> Elf_Half __weak elf_core_extra_phdrs(void) { _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from valdis.kletnieks@xxxxxx are