Re: [PATCH v5 6/6] selftests: prctl: Add test for long thread names

From: kernel test robot

Date: Sun Aug 30 2026 - 17:25:46 EST


Hi André,

kernel test robot noticed the following build warnings:

[auto build test WARNING on 73e3f0710014fe6d4ed98cfc02292f6121db7558]

url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Andr-Almeida/treewide-Get-rid-of-get_task_comm/20260827-152300
base: 73e3f0710014fe6d4ed98cfc02292f6121db7558
patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260827-tonyk-long_name-v5-6-5fa843782a00%40igalia.com
patch subject: [PATCH v5 6/6] selftests: prctl: Add test for long thread names
config: m68k-allmodconfig (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260830/202608302318.ORNqwjNf-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
compiler: m68k-linux-gcc (GCC) 16.1.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260830/202608302318.ORNqwjNf-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/202608302318.ORNqwjNf-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

In file included from include/asm-generic/bug.h:31,
from arch/m68k/include/asm/bug.h:32,
from include/linux/bug.h:5,
from include/linux/slab.h:15,
from include/linux/xattr.h:15,
from security/smack/smack_lsm.c:18:
security/smack/smack_lsm.c: In function 'smk_bu_tsk_to_obj':
security/smack/smack_lsm.c:150:22: error: implicit declaration of function 'get_task_comm'; did you mean 'set_task_comm'? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
150 | acc, get_task_comm(comm, tsk), note);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/printk.h:483:33: note: in definition of macro 'printk_index_wrap'
483 | _p_func(_fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
| ^~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/printk.h:584:9: note: in expansion of macro 'printk'
584 | printk(KERN_INFO pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
| ^~~~~~
security/smack/smack_lsm.c:148:9: note: in expansion of macro 'pr_info'
148 | pr_info("Smack %s: (%s %s %s) %s %s\n", smk_bu_mess[rc],
| ^~~~~~~
>> include/linux/kern_levels.h:5:25: warning: format '%s' expects argument of type 'char *', but argument 6 has type 'int' [-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:584:9: note: in expansion of macro 'printk'
584 | printk(KERN_INFO pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
| ^~~~~~
include/linux/kern_levels.h:14:25: note: in expansion of macro 'KERN_SOH'
14 | #define KERN_INFO KERN_SOH "6" /* informational */
| ^~~~~~~~
include/linux/printk.h:584:16: note: in expansion of macro 'KERN_INFO'
584 | printk(KERN_INFO pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
| ^~~~~~~~~
security/smack/smack_lsm.c:148:9: note: in expansion of macro 'pr_info'
148 | pr_info("Smack %s: (%s %s %s) %s %s\n", smk_bu_mess[rc],
| ^~~~~~~


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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