Hi NeilBrown, kernel test robot noticed the following build warnings: [auto build test WARNING on brauner-vfs/vfs.all] [also build test WARNING on pcmoore-audit/next viro-vfs/for-next linus/master v6.17-rc4 next-20250905] [If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note. And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information] url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/NeilBrown/fs-proc-Don-t-look-root-inode-when-creating-self-and-thread-self/20250906-130248 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git vfs.all patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250906050015.3158851-6-neilb%40ownmail.net patch subject: [PATCH 5/6] VFS/audit: introduce kern_path_parent() for audit config: x86_64-buildonly-randconfig-001-20250907 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250907/202509070916.8uBFTDCH-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config) compiler: gcc-13 (Debian 13.3.0-16) 13.3.0 reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250907/202509070916.8uBFTDCH-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/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@xxxxxxxxx> | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202509070916.8uBFTDCH-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/ All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>): >> Warning: fs/namei.c:2804 function parameter 'path' not described in 'kern_path_parent' -- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests/wiki