On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 01:47:09AM +0800, kernel test robot wrote: > > Signed-off-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> This gets me the following from gcc version 7.5.0: kernel/rcu/refscale.c:162:1: error: duplicate ‘static’ static DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU(srcu_refctl_scale); ^~~~~~ Is the concern the __srcu_struct_srcu_refctl_scale that is defined as non-static? Last I checked, non-static was required in order for the ___srcu_struct_ptrs mechanism to correctly allocate the needed per-CPU data. Thanx, Paul > --- > refscale.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/refscale.c b/kernel/rcu/refscale.c > index d9291f883b5428..4097b53867b33d 100644 > --- a/kernel/rcu/refscale.c > +++ b/kernel/rcu/refscale.c > @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static struct ref_scale_ops rcu_ops = { > }; > > // Definitions for SRCU ref scale testing. > -DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU(srcu_refctl_scale); > +static DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU(srcu_refctl_scale); > static struct srcu_struct *srcu_ctlp = &srcu_refctl_scale; > > static void srcu_ref_scale_read_section(const int nloops)