A newline is not needed at the end of the string on line 673. Could consider whether to capitalize the first word in this string as well, and in the second call on line 676. julia ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2021 15:30:34 +0800 From: kernel test robot <lkp(a)intel.com&gt; To: kbuild(a)lists.01.org Cc: lkp(a)intel.com, Julia Lawall <julia.lawall(a)lip6.fr&gt; Subject: [tnguy-next-queue:dev-queue 101/126] drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_tc_lib.c:673:36-61: WARNING avoid newline at end of message in NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD CC: kbuild-all(a)lists.01.org CC: Intel Wired LAN <intel-wired-lan(a)lists.osuosl.org&gt; CC: linux-kernel(a)vger.kernel.org TO: Kiran Patil <kiran.patil(a)intel.com&gt; CC: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen(a)intel.com&gt; CC: Priyalee Kushwaha <priyalee.kushwaha(a)intel.com&gt; CC: Wojciech Drewek <wojciech.drewek(a)intel.com&gt; tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tnguy/next-queue.git dev-queue head: 69bbbd98f4a8fc0e241aa3a01a34985eba06fb0b commit: 8ef5de630bd1efb718cddc57430f23ef7ed79cf2 [101/126] ice: ndo_setup_tc implementation for PF :::::: branch date: 13 hours ago :::::: commit date: 13 hours ago config: ia64-randconfig-c024-20210821 (attached as .config) compiler: ia64-linux-gcc (GCC) 11.2.0 If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp(a)intel.com&gt; Reported-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall(a)lip6.fr&gt; cocci warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>) vim +673 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_tc_lib.c 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 653 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 654 /** 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 655 * ice_del_tc_fltr - deletes a filter from HW table 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 656 * @vsi: Pointer to VSI 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 657 * @fltr: Pointer to struct ice_tc_flower_fltr 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 658 * 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 659 * This function deletes a filter from HW table and manages book-keeping 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 660 */ 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 661 static int ice_del_tc_fltr(struct ice_vsi *vsi, struct ice_tc_flower_fltr *fltr) 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 662 { 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 663 struct ice_rule_query_data rule_rem; 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 664 struct ice_pf *pf = vsi->back; 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 665 int err; 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 666 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 667 rule_rem.rid = fltr->rid; 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 668 rule_rem.rule_id = fltr->rule_id; 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 669 rule_rem.vsi_handle = fltr->dest_id; 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 670 err = ice_rem_adv_rule_by_id(&pf->hw, &rule_rem); 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 671 if (err) { 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 672 if (err == ICE_ERR_DOES_NOT_EXIST) { 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 @673 NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(fltr->extack, "filter does not exist\n"); 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 674 return -ENOENT; 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 675 } 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 676 NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(fltr->extack, "Failed to delete TC flower filter"); 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 677 return -EIO; 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 678 } 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 679 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 680 return 0; 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 681 } 8ef5de630bd1ef Kiran Patil 2021-08-06 682 --- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service, Intel Corporation https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-all@lists.01.org