Hi Jorge, kernel test robot noticed the following build warnings: [auto build test WARNING on linus/master] [also build test WARNING on v6.3-rc7 next-20230419] [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/Jorge-Lopez/HP-BIOSCFG-driver-Documentation/20230419-231828 patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230419151321.6167-14-jorge.lopez2%40hp.com patch subject: [PATCH v10 13/14] HP BIOSCFG driver - Makefile config: i386-randconfig-s002-20230417 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20230420/202304201100.r6QLG0Fc-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config) compiler: gcc-11 (Debian 11.3.0-8) 11.3.0 reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-39-gce1a6720-dirty # https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commit/cfbebfbd4ed15793fab894715bfd74387adcf4f1 git remote add linux-review https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux git fetch --no-tags linux-review Jorge-Lopez/HP-BIOSCFG-driver-Documentation/20230419-231828 git checkout cfbebfbd4ed15793fab894715bfd74387adcf4f1 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=i386 olddefconfig make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/ 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/202304201100.r6QLG0Fc-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/ sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>) >> drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/surestart-attributes.c:80:23: sparse: sparse: symbol 'sure_start_audit_log_entries' was not declared. Should it be static? -- >> drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/spmobj-attributes.c:191:23: sparse: sparse: symbol 'password_spm_status' was not declared. Should it be static? -- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests
