Hi Eric, Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on linux/master] [also build test WARNING on linus/master v6.0-rc7 next-20220929] [If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note. And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information] url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Eric-W-Biederman/proc-Update-proc-net-to-point-at-the-accessing-threads-network-namespace/20220930-065017 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git 987a926c1d8a40e4256953b04771fbdb63bc7938 config: i386-randconfig-s001 compiler: gcc-11 (Debian 11.3.0-5) 11.3.0 reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-39-gce1a6720-dirty # https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commit/5336f1902b4ba8a646f082f32fbb183850a13080 git remote add linux-review https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux git fetch --no-tags linux-review Eric-W-Biederman/proc-Update-proc-net-to-point-at-the-accessing-threads-network-namespace/20220930-065017 git checkout 5336f1902b4ba8a646f082f32fbb183850a13080 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash fs/proc/ If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable | Reported-by: kernel test robot sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>) >> fs/proc/proc_net.c:472:13: sparse: sparse: symbol 'proc_net_symlink_init' was not declared. Should it be static? -- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service https://01.org/lkp