Hi Edward, Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve:
[auto build test WARNING on net-next/master] [also build test WARNING on linus/master v5.7-rc5 next-20200511] [if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improve the system. BTW, we also suggest to use '--base' option to specify the base tree in git format-patch, please see https://stackoverflow.com/a/37406982] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Edward-Cree/sfc-remove-nic_data-usage-in-common-code/20200512-011744 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git a6f0b26d6a5dcf27980e65f965779a929039f11d reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.1-191-gc51a0382-dirty make ARCH=x86_64 allmodconfig make C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate Reported-by: kbuild test robot <l...@intel.com> sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>) >> drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/siena.c:951:14: sparse: sparse: symbol >> 'siena_check_caps' was not declared. Should it be static? Please review and possibly fold the followup patch. --- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service, Intel Corporation https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-...@lists.01.org