Hi John, Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on linux/master] [also build test WARNING on linus/master v5.8-rc1 next-20200618] [cannot apply to pmladek/for-next] [If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note. And when submitting patch, we suggest to use as documented in https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/John-Ogness/printk-replace-ringb... base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git 1b5044021070efa3259f3e9548dc35d1eb6aa844 config: x86_64-randconfig-s021-20200618 (attached as .config) compiler: gcc-9 (Debian 9.3.0-13) 9.3.0 reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.2-rc1-10-gc17b1b06-dirty # save the attached .config to linux build tree make W=1 C=1 ARCH=x86_64 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp(a)intel.com&gt; sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>) kernel/printk/printk.c:397:1: sparse: sparse: symbol 'log_wait' 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-all@lists.01.org