linux-kernel - drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_ls2k.c:171:24: sparse: sparse: symbol 'ipmi_ls2k_platform_driver' was not declared. Should it be static?

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Message-ID: <202601170753.3zDBerGP-lkp@intel.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 07:11:02 +0800
From: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
To: Binbin Zhou <zhoubinbin@...ngson.cn>
Cc: oe-kbuild-all@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 Corey Minyard <corey@...yard.net>, Chong Qiao <qiaochong@...ngson.cn>,
 Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...ngson.cn>
Subject: drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_ls2k.c:171:24: sparse: sparse:
 symbol 'ipmi_ls2k_platform_driver' was not declared. Should it be static?

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head:   b62ce2547fe8a8ba15857bb974bcad250c5420d6
commit: d46651d4e3c0caab554c4c591c0b6c3b026b1e93 ipmi: Add Loongson-2K BMC support
date:   4 months ago
config: loongarch-randconfig-r112-20260116 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260117/202601170753.3zDBerGP-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: loongarch64-linux-gcc (GCC) 15.2.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260117/202601170753.3zDBerGP-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/202601170753.3zDBerGP-lkp@intel.com/

sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)
>> drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_ls2k.c:171:24: sparse: sparse: symbol 'ipmi_ls2k_platform_driver' was not declared. Should it be static?

vim +/ipmi_ls2k_platform_driver +171 drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_ls2k.c

   170	
 > 171	struct platform_driver ipmi_ls2k_platform_driver = {
   172		.driver = {
   173			.name = "ls2k-ipmi-si",
   174		},
   175		.probe	= ipmi_ls2k_probe,
   176		.remove	= ipmi_ls2k_remove,
   177	};
   178	

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