Hi John, First bad commit (maybe != root cause): tree: https://github.com/ammarfaizi2/linux-block google/android/kernel/common/android12-5.4 head: 61c005f0f1663789612bbe039932620f51779526 commit: e3919bfeb0066ab9b5f9765e5610b95672990e64 [2812/9999] ANDROID: dma-buf: system_heap: Add deferred freeing to the system heap config: x86_64-randconfig-s023 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/ammarfaizi2/linux-block/commit/e3919bfeb0066ab9b5f9765e5610b95672990e64 git remote add ammarfaizi2-block https://github.com/ammarfaizi2/linux-block git fetch --no-tags ammarfaizi2-block google/android/kernel/common/android12-5.4 git checkout e3919bfeb0066ab9b5f9765e5610b95672990e64 # 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=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/dma-buf/heaps/ init/ If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable | Reported-by: kernel test robot sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>) >> drivers/dma-buf/heaps/deferred-free-helper.c:23:19: sparse: sparse: symbol 'freelist_waitqueue' was not declared. Should it be static? >> drivers/dma-buf/heaps/deferred-free-helper.c:24:20: sparse: sparse: symbol 'freelist_task' was not declared. Should it be static? vim +/freelist_waitqueue +23 drivers/dma-buf/heaps/deferred-free-helper.c bd1639945c3029 John Stultz 2020-12-09 20 bd1639945c3029 John Stultz 2020-12-09 21 static LIST_HEAD(free_list); bd1639945c3029 John Stultz 2020-12-09 22 static size_t list_nr_pages; bd1639945c3029 John Stultz 2020-12-09 @23 wait_queue_head_t freelist_waitqueue; bd1639945c3029 John Stultz 2020-12-09 @24 struct task_struct *freelist_task; bd1639945c3029 John Stultz 2020-12-09 25 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(free_list_lock); bd1639945c3029 John Stultz 2020-12-09 26 :::::: The code at line 23 was first introduced by commit :::::: bd1639945c30298e4bea2b611d6b0cd08d3cdd98 ANDROID: dma-buf: heaps: Add deferred-free-helper library code :::::: TO: John Stultz :::::: CC: John Stultz -- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service https://01.org/lkp