Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] devres: Move devm_alloc_percpu() and related to devres.h

From: kernel test robot

Date: Wed Nov 12 2025 - 23:50:26 EST


Hi Andy,

kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:

[auto build test ERROR on driver-core/driver-core-testing]
[also build test ERROR on driver-core/driver-core-next driver-core/driver-core-linus linus/master v6.18-rc5 next-20251112]
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url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Andy-Shevchenko/devres-Remove-unused-devm_free_percpu/20251111-230827
base: driver-core/driver-core-testing
patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251111144104.910241-3-andriy.shevchenko%40linux.intel.com
patch subject: [PATCH v1 2/2] devres: Move devm_alloc_percpu() and related to devres.h
config: i386-buildonly-randconfig-004-20251112 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251112/202511122250.550UBJAu-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
compiler: clang version 20.1.8 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 87f0227cb60147a26a1eeb4fb06e3b505e9c7261)
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251112/202511122250.550UBJAu-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/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@xxxxxxxxx>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202511122250.550UBJAu-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

In file included from drivers/gpio/gpiolib-devres.c:9:
>> include/linux/device/devres.h:113:6: error: variable has incomplete type 'void __attribute__((btf_type_tag("percpu")))' (aka 'void')
113 | void __percpu *__devm_alloc_percpu(struct device *dev, size_t size, size_t align);
| ^
include/linux/compiler_types.h:60:19: note: expanded from macro '__percpu'
60 | # define __percpu __percpu_qual BTF_TYPE_TAG(percpu)
| ^
In file included from drivers/gpio/gpiolib-devres.c:9:
include/linux/device/devres.h:113:14: error: expected ';' after top level declarator
113 | void __percpu *__devm_alloc_percpu(struct device *dev, size_t size, size_t align);
| ^
| ;
2 errors generated.


vim +113 include/linux/device/devres.h

98
99 /**
100 * devm_alloc_percpu - Resource-managed alloc_percpu
101 * @dev: Device to allocate per-cpu memory for
102 * @type: Type to allocate per-cpu memory for
103 *
104 * Managed alloc_percpu. Per-cpu memory allocated with this function is
105 * automatically freed on driver detach.
106 *
107 * RETURNS:
108 * Pointer to allocated memory on success, NULL on failure.
109 */
110 #define devm_alloc_percpu(dev, type) \
111 ((typeof(type) __percpu *)__devm_alloc_percpu((dev), sizeof(type), __alignof__(type)))
112
> 113 void __percpu *__devm_alloc_percpu(struct device *dev, size_t size, size_t align);
114

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