Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] powerpc: Kconfig: Enable THP_SWAP on Book3S64
From: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
Date: 2026-06-12 10:30:50
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linux-mm, lkml, oe-kbuild-all
kernel test robot [off-list ref] writes:
Hi Ritesh, kernel test robot noticed the following build warnings: [auto build test WARNING on akpm-mm/mm-everything] [also build test WARNING on linux-review/Ritesh-Harjani-IBM/include-linux-swap-h-Remove-unused-leftovers/20260611-111124 next-20260611] [cannot apply to powerpc/next powerpc/fixes linus/master v7.1-rc7] [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/Ritesh-Harjani-IBM/mm-swap-make-SWAPFILE_CLUSTER-runtime/20260611-181121 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm.git mm-everything patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/3abf510d24c8ef17bd5e324cccc5e03e548afade.1781170904.git.ritesh.list%40gmail.com patch subject: [PATCH v2 3/3] powerpc: Kconfig: Enable THP_SWAP on Book3S64 config: arm64-randconfig-r133-20260611 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260612/202606121305.h0cxjhP2-lkp@intel.com/config) compiler: aarch64-linux-gcc (GCC) 8.5.0 sparse: v0.6.5-rc1 reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260612/202606121305.h0cxjhP2-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 [off-list ref] | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202606121305.h0cxjhP2-lkp@intel.com/ (local) sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)quoted
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mm/swapfile.c:133:6: sparse: sparse: symbol 'swap_table_use_page' was not declared. Should it be static?vim +/swap_table_use_page +133 mm/swapfile.c 131 132 unsigned int swap_slots_in_cluster __read_mostly; > 133 bool swap_table_use_page __read_mostly; 134
I had noticed this after sending the v2. But by then it was late. Good that the sparse checker caught it. So, I will declare this variable as static - that should fix the sparse warning. I will spin a v3 in sometime with this fixed. -ritesh