[PATCH 03/26] mm/percpu: Annotate static information into meminspect
kernel test robot
lkp at intel.com
Fri Nov 21 11:13:48 PST 2025
Hi Eugen,
kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:
[auto build test ERROR on rppt-memblock/fixes]
[also build test ERROR on linus/master v6.18-rc6]
[cannot apply to akpm-mm/mm-everything rppt-memblock/for-next next-20251121]
[If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
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url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Eugen-Hristev/kernel-Introduce-meminspect/20251119-235912
base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rppt/memblock.git fixes
patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251119154427.1033475-4-eugen.hristev%40linaro.org
patch subject: [PATCH 03/26] mm/percpu: Annotate static information into meminspect
config: sparc64-allmodconfig (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251122/202511220241.7y7acdEZ-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: clang version 22.0.0git (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 9e9fe08b16ea2c4d9867fb4974edf2a3776d6ece)
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251122/202511220241.7y7acdEZ-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)
If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp at intel.com>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202511220241.7y7acdEZ-lkp@intel.com/
All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):
>> mm/percpu.c:3350:25: error: use of undeclared identifier '__per_cpu_offset'; did you mean '__per_cpu_start'?
3350 | MEMINSPECT_SIMPLE_ENTRY(__per_cpu_offset);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| __per_cpu_start
include/linux/meminspect.h:101:40: note: expanded from macro 'MEMINSPECT_SIMPLE_ENTRY'
101 | MEMINSPECT_ENTRY(MEMINSPECT_ID_##sym, sym, sizeof(sym))
| ^~~
include/linux/meminspect.h:92:29: note: expanded from macro 'MEMINSPECT_ENTRY'
92 | .va = (void *)&(sym), \
| ^~~
include/asm-generic/sections.h:42:13: note: '__per_cpu_start' declared here
42 | extern char __per_cpu_start[], __per_cpu_end[];
| ^
>> mm/percpu.c:3350:25: error: use of undeclared identifier '__per_cpu_offset'; did you mean '__per_cpu_start'?
3350 | MEMINSPECT_SIMPLE_ENTRY(__per_cpu_offset);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| __per_cpu_start
include/linux/meminspect.h:101:52: note: expanded from macro 'MEMINSPECT_SIMPLE_ENTRY'
101 | MEMINSPECT_ENTRY(MEMINSPECT_ID_##sym, sym, sizeof(sym))
| ^~~
include/linux/meminspect.h:93:22: note: expanded from macro 'MEMINSPECT_ENTRY'
93 | .size = (sz), \
| ^~
include/asm-generic/sections.h:42:13: note: '__per_cpu_start' declared here
42 | extern char __per_cpu_start[], __per_cpu_end[];
| ^
>> mm/percpu.c:3350:1: error: invalid application of 'sizeof' to an incomplete type 'char[]'
3350 | MEMINSPECT_SIMPLE_ENTRY(__per_cpu_offset);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/meminspect.h:101:51: note: expanded from macro 'MEMINSPECT_SIMPLE_ENTRY'
101 | MEMINSPECT_ENTRY(MEMINSPECT_ID_##sym, sym, sizeof(sym))
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~
include/linux/meminspect.h:93:22: note: expanded from macro 'MEMINSPECT_ENTRY'
93 | .size = (sz), \
| ^~
3 errors generated.
vim +3350 mm/percpu.c
3349
> 3350 MEMINSPECT_SIMPLE_ENTRY(__per_cpu_offset);
3351 /*
3352 * pcpu_nr_pages - calculate total number of populated backing pages
3353 *
3354 * This reflects the number of pages populated to back chunks. Metadata is
3355 * excluded in the number exposed in meminfo as the number of backing pages
3356 * scales with the number of cpus and can quickly outweigh the memory used for
3357 * metadata. It also keeps this calculation nice and simple.
3358 *
3359 * RETURNS:
3360 * Total number of populated backing pages in use by the allocator.
3361 */
3362 unsigned long pcpu_nr_pages(void)
3363 {
3364 return data_race(READ_ONCE(pcpu_nr_populated)) * pcpu_nr_units;
3365 }
3366
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