Hi Igor, Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on net-next/master] [also build test WARNING on next-20200519] [cannot apply to net/master linus/master ipvs/master v5.7-rc6] [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/Igor-Russkikh/net-atlantic-QoS-i... base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git 4f65e2f483b6f764c15094d14dd53dda048a4048 config: x86_64-allmodconfig (attached as .config) compiler: gcc-7 (Ubuntu 7.5.0-6ubuntu2) 7.5.0 reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.1-193-gb8fad4bc-dirty # save the attached .config to linux build tree make C=1 ARCH=x86_64 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp(a)intel.com&gt; sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>) Please review and possibly fold the followup patch. --- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service, Intel Corporation https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-all@lists.01.org