Re: [kbuild-all] Re: arch/arm/boot/compressed/fdt_check_mem_start.c:62:10: warning: no previous prototype for function 'fdt_check_mem_start'

["Chen, Rong A" <rong.a.chen@intel.com>]

On 8/21/2021 4:45 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Dear Robot,
> 
> On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 7:43 AM kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com> wrote:
>> FYI, the error/warning still remains.
> 
> Yes, and that's fine, as this function is never called from C code,
> only from assembler.


Hi Geert,

Thanks for the feedback, we'll ignore this warning.

Best Regards,
Rong Chen

> 
>> tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
>> head:   dfa377c35d70c31139b1274ec49f87d380996c42
>> commit: 0673cb38951215060d7993b43ad3c45cd413c2c3 ARM: 9045/1: uncompress: Validate start of physical memory against passed DTB
>> date:   6 months ago
>> config: arm-randconfig-r003-20210814 (attached as .config)
>> compiler: clang version 14.0.0 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 62df4df41c939205b2dc0a2a3bfb75b8c1ed74fa)
>> reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
>>          wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
>>          chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
>>          # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0673cb38951215060d7993b43ad3c45cd413c2c3
>>          git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
>>          git fetch --no-tags linus master
>>          git checkout 0673cb38951215060d7993b43ad3c45cd413c2c3
>>          # save the attached .config to linux build tree
>>          COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=clang make.cross ARCH=arm
>>
>> If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
>> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
>>
>> All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
>>
>>>> arch/arm/boot/compressed/fdt_check_mem_start.c:62:10: warning: no previous prototype for function 'fdt_check_mem_start' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
>>     uint32_t fdt_check_mem_start(uint32_t mem_start, const void *fdt)
>>              ^
>>     arch/arm/boot/compressed/fdt_check_mem_start.c:62:1: note: declare 'static' if the function is not intended to be used outside of this translation unit
>>     uint32_t fdt_check_mem_start(uint32_t mem_start, const void *fdt)
>>     ^
>>     static
>>     1 warning generated.
>>
>>
>> vim +/fdt_check_mem_start +62 arch/arm/boot/compressed/fdt_check_mem_start.c
>>
>>      46
>>      47  /*
>>      48   * Check the start of physical memory
>>      49   *
>>      50   * Traditionally, the start address of physical memory is obtained by masking
>>      51   * the program counter.  However, this does require that this address is a
>>      52   * multiple of 128 MiB, precluding booting Linux on platforms where this
>>      53   * requirement is not fulfilled.
>>      54   * Hence validate the calculated address against the memory information in the
>>      55   * DTB, and, if out-of-range, replace it by the real start address.
>>      56   * To preserve backwards compatibility (systems reserving a block of memory
>>      57   * at the start of physical memory, kdump, ...), the traditional method is
>>      58   * always used if it yields a valid address.
>>      59   *
>>      60   * Return value: start address of physical memory to use
>>      61   */
>>    > 62  uint32_t fdt_check_mem_start(uint32_t mem_start, const void *fdt)
>>
>> ---
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