linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] watchdog: Don't use "proxy" headers

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Message-ID: <202506270716.ol1Llg7E-lkp@intel.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 08:14:15 +0800
From: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: oe-kbuild-all@...ts.linux.dev,
	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] watchdog: Don't use "proxy" headers

Hi Andy,

kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:

[auto build test ERROR on groeck-staging/hwmon-next]
[also build test ERROR on linus/master v6.16-rc3 next-20250626]
[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/Andy-Shevchenko/watchdog-Don-t-use-proxy-headers/20250627-005755
base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/groeck/linux-staging.git hwmon-next
patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250626165145.327685-1-andriy.shevchenko%40linux.intel.com
patch subject: [PATCH v1 1/1] watchdog: Don't use "proxy" headers
config: arc-randconfig-001-20250627 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250627/202506270716.ol1Llg7E-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: arc-linux-gcc (GCC) 8.5.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250627/202506270716.ol1Llg7E-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202506270716.ol1Llg7E-lkp@intel.com/

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

   In file included from drivers/watchdog/watchdog_pretimeout.c:12:
>> drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.h:41:16: error: field 'dev' has incomplete type
     struct device dev;
                   ^~~
   drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.h:42:14: error: field 'cdev' has incomplete type
     struct cdev cdev;
                 ^~~~
   drivers/watchdog/watchdog_pretimeout.c: In function 'watchdog_pretimeout_available_governors_get':
>> drivers/watchdog/watchdog_pretimeout.c:59:12: error: implicit declaration of function 'sysfs_emit_at'; did you mean 'sysfs_streq'? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
      count += sysfs_emit_at(buf, count, "%s\n", priv->gov->name);
               ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
               sysfs_streq
   drivers/watchdog/watchdog_pretimeout.c: In function 'watchdog_pretimeout_governor_get':
>> drivers/watchdog/watchdog_pretimeout.c:72:11: error: implicit declaration of function 'sysfs_emit'; did you mean 'sysfs_streq'? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
      count = sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", wdd->gov->name);
              ^~~~~~~~~~
              sysfs_streq
   cc1: some warnings being treated as errors


vim +/dev +41 drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.h

45f5fed30a6460e Alan Cox     2012-05-10  31  
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03  32  /*
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03  33   * struct watchdog_core_data - watchdog core internal data
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03  34   * @dev:	The watchdog's internal device
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03  35   * @cdev:	The watchdog's Character device.
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03  36   * @wdd:	Pointer to watchdog device.
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03  37   * @lock:	Lock for watchdog core.
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03  38   * @status:	Watchdog core internal status bits.
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03  39   */
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03  40  struct watchdog_core_data {
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03 @41  	struct device dev;
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03  42  	struct cdev cdev;
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03  43  	struct watchdog_device *wdd;
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03  44  	struct mutex lock;
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03  45  	ktime_t last_keepalive;
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03  46  	ktime_t last_hw_keepalive;
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03  47  	ktime_t open_deadline;
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03  48  	struct hrtimer timer;
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03  49  	struct kthread_work work;
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03  50  #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_WATCHDOG_HRTIMER_PRETIMEOUT)
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03  51  	struct hrtimer pretimeout_timer;
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03  52  #endif
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03  53  	unsigned long status;		/* Internal status bits */
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03  54  #define _WDOG_DEV_OPEN		0	/* Opened ? */
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03  55  #define _WDOG_ALLOW_RELEASE	1	/* Did we receive the magic char ? */
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03  56  #define _WDOG_KEEPALIVE		2	/* Did we receive a keepalive ? */
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03  57  };
7b7d2fdc8c3e3f9 Curtis Klein 2021-02-03  58  

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