Re: [kbuild-all] [PATCH] initify_plugin: one more warning workaround

[Fengguang Wu]

On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 01:20:04PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 12:33 PM, kbuild test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi Arnd,
> >
> > [auto build test WARNING on linus/master]
> > [also build test WARNING on v4.11-rc4 next-20170330]
> > [if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improve the system]
>
> I expected it to work on next but not on linus/master
>
> > url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Arnd-Bergmann/initify_plugin-one-more-warning-workaround/20170331-161135
> > reproduce: make htmldocs
> >
> > All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
> >
> > > > lib/vsprintf.c:2407: warning: No description found for parameter '3'
> > > > lib/vsprintf.c:2407: warning: Excess function parameter 'buf' description in '__unverified_nocapture'
> > > > lib/vsprintf.c:2407: warning: Excess function parameter 'size' description in '__unverified_nocapture'
> > > > lib/vsprintf.c:2407: warning: Excess function parameter 'fmt' description in '__unverified_nocapture'
> > > > lib/vsprintf.c:2407: warning: Excess function parameter 'bin_buf' description in '__unverified_nocapture'
>
> These warnings will definitely show up on mainline today.
>
> >    lib/crc32.c:148: warning: No description found for parameter 'tab)[256]'
> >    lib/crc32.c:148: warning: Excess function parameter 'tab' description in 'crc32_le_generic'
> >    lib/crc32.c:293: warning: No description found for parameter 'tab)[256]'
> >    lib/crc32.c:293: warning: Excess function parameter 'tab' description in 'crc32_be_generic'
> >    lib/crc32.c:1: warning: no structured comments found
>
> I don't see how this output relates to my patch.

They are old warnings (not prefixed by >>), so not related to your patch.

> Did only the latter appear on linux-next?

Since your patch is firstly applied to mainline kernel,
the error messages should correspond to mainline kernel. 

Regards,
Fengguang