Re: [RFC][PATCH 02/14] kmemdump: introduce kmemdump

[kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>]

Hi Eugen,

[This is a private test report for your RFC patch.]
kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:

[auto build test ERROR on tip/irq/core]
[also build test ERROR on tip/sched/core lwn/docs-next linus/master v6.15-rc3 next-20250423]
[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/Eugen-Hristev/Documentation-add-kmemdump/20250422-193638
base:   tip/irq/core
patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250422113156.575971-3-eugen.hristev%40linaro.org
patch subject: [RFC][PATCH 02/14] kmemdump: introduce kmemdump
config: alpha-allyesconfig (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250423/202504232203.1QaVbTYy-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: alpha-linux-gcc (GCC) 14.2.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250423/202504232203.1QaVbTYy-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@intel.com>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202504232203.1QaVbTYy-lkp@intel.com/

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

   drivers/debug/kmemdump.c: In function 'kmemdump_register':
>> drivers/debug/kmemdump.c:28:35: error: implicit declaration of function 'kzalloc' [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
      28 |         struct kmemdump_zone *z = kzalloc(sizeof(*z), GFP_KERNEL);
         |                                   ^~~~~~~
>> drivers/debug/kmemdump.c:28:35: error: initialization of 'struct kmemdump_zone *' from 'int' makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion]
   drivers/debug/kmemdump.c: In function 'kmemdump_unregister':
>> drivers/debug/kmemdump.c:88:9: error: implicit declaration of function 'kfree' [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
      88 |         kfree(z);
         |         ^~~~~


vim +/kzalloc +28 drivers/debug/kmemdump.c

    15	
    16	/**
    17	 * kmemdump_register() - Register region into kmemdump.
    18	 * @handle: string of maximum 8 chars that identifies this region
    19	 * @zone: pointer to the zone of memory
    20	 * @size: region size
    21	 *
    22	 * Return: On success, it returns an allocated unique id that can be used
    23	 *	at a later point to identify the region. On failure, it returns
    24	 *	negative error value.
    25	 */
    26	int kmemdump_register(char *handle, void *zone, size_t size)
    27	{
  > 28		struct kmemdump_zone *z = kzalloc(sizeof(*z), GFP_KERNEL);
    29		int id;
    30	
    31		if (!z)
    32			return -ENOMEM;
    33	
    34		mutex_lock(&kmemdump_lock);
    35	
    36		id = idr_alloc_cyclic(&kmemdump_idr, z, 0, MAX_ZONES, GFP_KERNEL);
    37		if (id < 0) {
    38			mutex_unlock(&kmemdump_lock);
    39			return id;
    40		}
    41	
    42		if (!backend)
    43			pr_debug("kmemdump backend not available yet, waiting...\n");
    44	
    45		z->zone = zone;
    46		z->size = size;
    47		z->id = id;
    48	
    49		if (handle)
    50			strscpy(z->handle, handle, 8);
    51	
    52		if (backend) {
    53			int ret;
    54	
    55			ret = backend->register_region(id, handle, zone, size);
    56			if (ret) {
    57				mutex_unlock(&kmemdump_lock);
    58				return ret;
    59			}
    60			z->registered = true;
    61		}
    62	
    63		mutex_unlock(&kmemdump_lock);
    64		return id;
    65	}
    66	EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kmemdump_register);
    67	
    68	/**
    69	 * kmemdump_unregister() - Unregister region from kmemdump.
    70	 * @id: unique id that was returned when this region was successfully
    71	 *	registered initially.
    72	 *
    73	 * Return: None
    74	 */
    75	void kmemdump_unregister(int id)
    76	{
    77		struct kmemdump_zone *z;
    78	
    79		mutex_lock(&kmemdump_lock);
    80	
    81		z = idr_find(&kmemdump_idr, id);
    82		if (!z)
    83			return;
    84		if (z->registered && backend)
    85			backend->unregister_region(z->id);
    86	
    87		idr_remove(&kmemdump_idr, id);
  > 88		kfree(z);
    89	
    90		mutex_unlock(&kmemdump_lock);
    91	}
    92	EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kmemdump_unregister);
    93	

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