Re: [PATCH] Watchdog: fix pretimeout noop governor logging and description
From: kernel test robot
Date: Wed Jun 17 2026 - 00:31:54 EST
Hi Lorenzo,
kernel test robot noticed the following build warnings:
[auto build test WARNING on groeck-staging/hwmon]
[also build test WARNING on groeck-staging/hwmon-next groeck-staging/watchdog groeck-staging/watchdog-next linus/master v7.1 next-20260616]
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url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Lorenzo-Egidio/Watchdog-fix-pretimeout-noop-governor-logging-and-description/20260617-032417
base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/groeck/linux-staging.git hwmon
patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260616171955.658-1-lorenzoegidioms%40gmail.com
patch subject: [PATCH] Watchdog: fix pretimeout noop governor logging and description
config: parisc-randconfig-001-20260617 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260617/202606171228.xMQDJyrF-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
compiler: hppa-linux-gcc (GCC) 13.4.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260617/202606171228.xMQDJyrF-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/202606171228.xMQDJyrF-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
In file included from include/asm-generic/bug.h:31,
from arch/parisc/include/asm/bug.h:97,
from include/linux/bug.h:5,
from include/linux/instrumented.h:10,
from include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:17,
from include/linux/atomic.h:82,
from arch/parisc/include/asm/bitops.h:13,
from include/linux/bitops.h:67,
from include/linux/log2.h:12,
from include/asm-generic/div64.h:55,
from ./arch/parisc/include/generated/asm/div64.h:1,
from include/linux/math.h:6,
from include/linux/math64.h:6,
from include/linux/time.h:6,
from include/linux/stat.h:19,
from include/linux/module.h:13,
from drivers/watchdog/pretimeout_noop.c:6:
drivers/watchdog/pretimeout_noop.c: In function 'pretimeout_noop':
>> include/linux/kern_levels.h:5:25: warning: format '%d' expects a matching 'int' argument [-Wformat=]
5 | #define KERN_SOH "\001" /* ASCII Start Of Header */
| ^~~~~~
include/linux/printk.h:483:25: note: in definition of macro 'printk_index_wrap'
483 | _p_func(_fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
| ^~~~
include/linux/printk.h:534:9: note: in expansion of macro 'printk'
534 | printk(KERN_ALERT pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
| ^~~~~~
include/linux/kern_levels.h:9:25: note: in expansion of macro 'KERN_SOH'
9 | #define KERN_ALERT KERN_SOH "1" /* action must be taken immediately */
| ^~~~~~~~
include/linux/printk.h:534:16: note: in expansion of macro 'KERN_ALERT'
534 | printk(KERN_ALERT pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
| ^~~~~~~~~~
drivers/watchdog/pretimeout_noop.c:20:9: note: in expansion of macro 'pr_alert'
20 | pr_alert("watchdog%d: pretimeout event\n");
| ^~~~~~~~
vim +5 include/linux/kern_levels.h
314ba3520e513a Joe Perches 2012-07-30 4
04d2c8c83d0e3a Joe Perches 2012-07-30 @5 #define KERN_SOH "\001" /* ASCII Start Of Header */
04d2c8c83d0e3a Joe Perches 2012-07-30 6 #define KERN_SOH_ASCII '\001'
04d2c8c83d0e3a Joe Perches 2012-07-30 7
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