Hi Matthias, Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on device-mapper-dm/for-next] [also build test WARNING on song-md/md-next kees/for-next/pstore linus/master v5.18-rc5 next-20220504] [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] url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Matthias-Kaehlcke/LoadPin-Enable-loading-from-trusted-dm-verity-devices/20220505-035620 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm.git for-next config: arc-allyesconfig (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20220505/202205050636.VNgSDFVz-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config) compiler: arceb-elf-gcc (GCC) 11.3.0 reproduce (this is a W=1 build): wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross # https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commit/56f912dcbb302f9a7e6694493529abd4e3f337af git remote add linux-review https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux git fetch --no-tags linux-review Matthias-Kaehlcke/LoadPin-Enable-loading-from-trusted-dm-verity-devices/20220505-035620 git checkout 56f912dcbb302f9a7e6694493529abd4e3f337af # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-11.3.0 make.cross W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=arc SHELL=/bin/bash security/loadpin/ If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>): In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:29, from include/linux/cpumask.h:10, from include/linux/mm_types_task.h:14, from include/linux/mm_types.h:5, from include/linux/buildid.h:5, from include/linux/module.h:14, from security/loadpin/loadpin.c:12: security/loadpin/loadpin.c: In function 'init_loadpin_securityfs': >> include/linux/kern_levels.h:5:25: warning: format '%d' expects argument of type 'int', but argument 2 has type 'long int' [-Wformat=] 5 | #define KERN_SOH "\001" /* ASCII Start Of Header */ | ^~~~~~ include/linux/printk.h:418:25: note: in definition of macro 'printk_index_wrap' 418 | _p_func(_fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); \ | ^~~~ include/linux/printk.h:489:9: note: in expansion of macro 'printk' 489 | printk(KERN_ERR pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__) | ^~~~~~ include/linux/kern_levels.h:11:25: note: in expansion of macro 'KERN_SOH' 11 | #define KERN_ERR KERN_SOH "3" /* error conditions */ | ^~~~~~~~ include/linux/printk.h:489:16: note: in expansion of macro 'KERN_ERR' 489 | printk(KERN_ERR pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__) | ^~~~~~~~ security/loadpin/loadpin.c:413:17: note: in expansion of macro 'pr_err' 413 | pr_err("LoadPin: could not create securityfs dir: %d\n", | ^~~~~~ >> include/linux/kern_levels.h:5:25: warning: format '%d' expects argument of type 'int', but argument 2 has type 'long int' [-Wformat=] 5 | #define KERN_SOH "\001" /* ASCII Start Of Header */ | ^~~~~~ include/linux/printk.h:418:25: note: in definition of macro 'printk_index_wrap' 418 | _p_func(_fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); \ | ^~~~ include/linux/printk.h:489:9: note: in expansion of macro 'printk' 489 | printk(KERN_ERR pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__) | ^~~~~~ include/linux/kern_levels.h:11:25: note: in expansion of macro 'KERN_SOH' 11 | #define KERN_ERR KERN_SOH "3" /* error conditions */ | ^~~~~~~~ include/linux/printk.h:489:16: note: in expansion of macro 'KERN_ERR' 489 | printk(KERN_ERR pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__) | ^~~~~~~~ security/loadpin/loadpin.c:421:17: note: in expansion of macro 'pr_err' 421 | pr_err("LoadPin: could not create securityfs entry 'dm-verity': %d\n", | ^~~~~~ vim +5 include/linux/kern_levels.h 314ba3520e513a Joe Perches 2012-07-30 4 04d2c8c83d0e3a Joe Perches 2012-07-30 @5 #define KERN_SOH "\001" /* ASCII Start Of Header */ 04d2c8c83d0e3a Joe Perches 2012-07-30 6 #define KERN_SOH_ASCII '\001' 04d2c8c83d0e3a Joe Perches 2012-07-30 7 -- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service https://01.org/lkp