Re: [rcu:dev.2021.04.20a 98/101] kernel/rcu/tasks.h:1404:20: error: static declaration of 'show_rcu_tasks_gp_kthreads' follows non-static declaration

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Sat May 01 2021 - 00:30:37 EST


On Sat, May 01, 2021 at 09:48:46AM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
> tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git dev.2021.04.20a
> head: fe7d174b033dcf9367759b3c14febb31525aad39
> commit: a1ec494e1eef0c72d8f89bbf916a4b291273d2e5 [98/101] tasks-rcu: Make show_rcu_tasks_gp_kthreads() be static inline
> config: arm-spear13xx_defconfig (attached as .config)
> compiler: arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc (GCC) 9.3.0
> 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/paulmck/linux-rcu.git/commit/?id=a1ec494e1eef0c72d8f89bbf916a4b291273d2e5
> git remote add rcu https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git
> git fetch --no-tags rcu dev.2021.04.20a
> git checkout a1ec494e1eef0c72d8f89bbf916a4b291273d2e5
> # save the attached .config to linux build tree
> COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-9.3.0 make.cross W=1 ARCH=arm

This has since been obsoleted by b5200edc0c43 ("tasks-rcu: Make
show_rcu_tasks_gp_kthreads() be static inline").

Thanx, Paul

> If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):
>
> In file included from kernel/rcu/update.c:584:
> >> kernel/rcu/tasks.h:1404:20: error: static declaration of 'show_rcu_tasks_gp_kthreads' follows non-static declaration
> 1404 | static inline void show_rcu_tasks_gp_kthreads(void) {}
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> In file included from kernel/rcu/update.c:49:
> kernel/rcu/rcu.h:440:6: note: previous declaration of 'show_rcu_tasks_gp_kthreads' was here
> 440 | void show_rcu_tasks_gp_kthreads(void);
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> vim +/show_rcu_tasks_gp_kthreads +1404 kernel/rcu/tasks.h
>
> 1401
> 1402 #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU_GENERIC */
> 1403 static inline void rcu_tasks_bootup_oddness(void) {}
> > 1404 static inline void show_rcu_tasks_gp_kthreads(void) {}
>
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