linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: build warnings after merge of the sysctl tree

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Message-ID: <kx7f46olzus4ggfeohsgr6aoct2dqw6vnkir6xyqyavh26f5st@6hh55ic5hcfl>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 09:21:52 +0100
From: Joel Granados <joel.granados@...nel.org>
To: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>, 
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build warnings after merge of the sysctl tree

On Tue, Jan 06, 2026 at 11:54:32AM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> After merging the sysctl tree, today's linux-next build (htmldocs)
> produced these warnings:
> 
> WARNING: kernel/sysctl.c:475 function parameter 'u_ptr' not described in 'proc_int_k2u_conv_kop'
> WARNING: kernel/sysctl.c:475 function parameter 'k_ptr' not described in 'proc_int_k2u_conv_kop'
> WARNING: kernel/sysctl.c:475 function parameter 'negp' not described in 'proc_int_k2u_conv_kop'
> WARNING: kernel/sysctl.c:475 function parameter 'k_ptr_op' not described in 'proc_int_k2u_conv_kop'
> WARNING: kernel/sysctl.c:502 function parameter 'u_ptr' not described in 'proc_int_u2k_conv_uop'
> WARNING: kernel/sysctl.c:502 function parameter 'k_ptr' not described in 'proc_int_u2k_conv_uop'
> WARNING: kernel/sysctl.c:502 function parameter 'negp' not described in 'proc_int_u2k_conv_uop'
> WARNING: kernel/sysctl.c:502 function parameter 'u_ptr_op' not described in 'proc_int_u2k_conv_uop'
> 
> Introduced by commit
> 
>   936d17ea83dc ("sysctl: Replace unidirectional INT converter macros with functions")
Oops, Thought I fixed those already. Let me remove those from the branch

Thx for the heads up.

Best

> 
> -- 
> Cheers,
> Stephen Rothwell



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Joel Granados

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