linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: fix prototype warning from kernel test robot

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Message-ID: <91244046-f5a0-8e67-4c92-fe9de118e472@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:55:24 +0100
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, rppt@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: fix prototype warning from kernel test robot

On 22.01.21 09:46, Baoquan He wrote:
> On 01/22/21 at 09:40am, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> On 22.01.21 08:03, Baoquan He wrote:
>>> Kernel test robot calling make with 'W=1' triggering warning like below
>>> below for memmap_init_zone() function.
>>>
>>> mm/page_alloc.c:6259:23: warning: no previous prototype for 'memmap_init_zone' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
>>>  6259 | void __meminit __weak memmap_init_zone(unsigned long size, int nid,
>>>       |                       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>
>>> Fix it by adding the function declaration in include/linux/mm.h.
>>> Since memmap_init_zone() has a generic version with '__weak',
>>> the declaratoin in ia64 header file can be simply removed.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
>>> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
>>> ---
>>>  arch/ia64/include/asm/pgtable.h | 5 -----
>>>  include/linux/mm.h              | 1 +
>>>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/pgtable.h
>>> index 2c81394a2430..9b4efe89e62d 100644
>>> --- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/pgtable.h
>>> +++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/pgtable.h
>>> @@ -517,11 +517,6 @@ extern struct page *zero_page_memmap_ptr;
>>>  	__changed;							\
>>>  })
>>>  #endif
>>> -
>>> -#  ifdef CONFIG_VIRTUAL_MEM_MAP
>>> -  /* arch mem_map init routine is needed due to holes in a virtual mem_map */
>>> -    extern void memmap_init_zone(struct zone *zone);
>>> -#  endif /* CONFIG_VIRTUAL_MEM_MAP */
>>>  # endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
>>>  
>>>  /*
>>> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
>>> index 56bb239f9150..073049bd0b29 100644
>>> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
>>> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
>>> @@ -2401,6 +2401,7 @@ extern void set_dma_reserve(unsigned long new_dma_reserve);
>>>  extern void memmap_init_range(unsigned long, int, unsigned long,
>>>  		unsigned long, unsigned long, enum meminit_context,
>>>  		struct vmem_altmap *, int migratetype);
>>> +extern void memmap_init_zone(struct zone *zone);
>>>  extern void setup_per_zone_wmarks(void);
>>>  extern int __meminit init_per_zone_wmark_min(void);
>>>  extern void mem_init(void);
>>>
>>
>> This patch is on top of your other series, no?
>>
>> In -next, we have
>>
>> extern void memmap_init_zone(unsigned long, int, unsigned long, ...
>>
>> In that file, so something is wrong.
> 
> Right, this one is based on the memmap_init_xx clean up patchset. I
> mentioned this the the sub-thread of kernel test robot reporting issues.
> 

I think it would make things easier to move that fix to the front and
resend the whole (5 patches) series.

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb