Re: [PATCH 1/2] drivercore: Add helper macro for misc device boilerplate

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Hi PrasannaKumar,

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url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/PrasannaKumar-Muralidharan/drivercore-Add-helper-macro-for-misc-device-boilerplate/20160821-151236
config: arm-allmodconfig (attached as .config)
compiler: arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc (Debian 5.4.0-6) 5.4.0 20160609
reproduce:
        wget https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/wfg/lkp-tests.git/plain/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
        chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
        # save the attached .config to linux build tree
        make.cross ARCH=arm 

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

   In file included from arch/arm/common/bL_switcher_dummy_if.c:17:0:
   include/linux/miscdevice.h:78:2: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
     module_driver(__misc_device, misc_register, misc_deregister)
     ^
>> arch/arm/common/bL_switcher_dummy_if.c:59:1: note: in expansion of macro 'module_misc_device'
    module_misc_device(bL_switcher_device);
    ^
   include/linux/miscdevice.h:78:2: error: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of 'module_driver' [-Werror=implicit-int]
     module_driver(__misc_device, misc_register, misc_deregister)
     ^
>> arch/arm/common/bL_switcher_dummy_if.c:59:1: note: in expansion of macro 'module_misc_device'
    module_misc_device(bL_switcher_device);
    ^
>> arch/arm/common/bL_switcher_dummy_if.c:59:1: warning: parameter names (without types) in function declaration
>> arch/arm/common/bL_switcher_dummy_if.c:54:26: warning: 'bL_switcher_device' defined but not used [-Wunused-variable]
    static struct miscdevice bL_switcher_device = {
                             ^
   cc1: some warnings being treated as errors

vim +/module_misc_device +59 arch/arm/common/bL_switcher_dummy_if.c

    11	 * published by the Free Software Foundation.
    12	 */
    13	
    14	#include <linux/init.h>
    15	#include <linux/module.h>
    16	#include <linux/fs.h>
  > 17	#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
    18	#include <asm/uaccess.h>
    19	#include <asm/bL_switcher.h>
    20	
    21	static ssize_t bL_switcher_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
    22				size_t len, loff_t *pos)
    23	{
    24		unsigned char val[3];
    25		unsigned int cpu, cluster;
    26		int ret;
    27	
    28		pr_debug("%s\n", __func__);
    29	
    30		if (len < 3)
    31			return -EINVAL;
    32	
    33		if (copy_from_user(val, buf, 3))
    34			return -EFAULT;
    35	
    36		/* format: <cpu#>,<cluster#> */
    37		if (val[0] < '0' || val[0] > '9' ||
    38		    val[1] != ',' ||
    39		    val[2] < '0' || val[2] > '1')
    40			return -EINVAL;
    41	
    42		cpu = val[0] - '0';
    43		cluster = val[2] - '0';
    44		ret = bL_switch_request(cpu, cluster);
    45	
    46		return ret ? : len;
    47	}
    48	
    49	static const struct file_operations bL_switcher_fops = {
    50		.write		= bL_switcher_write,
    51		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
    52	};
    53	
  > 54	static struct miscdevice bL_switcher_device = {
    55		MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
    56		"b.L_switcher",
    57		&bL_switcher_fops
    58	};
  > 59	module_misc_device(bL_switcher_device);

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