Re: [PATCH v4 1/1] printk: fix zero-valued printk timestamps in early boot

kernel test robot <[email protected]> Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:55:30 +0800
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-embedded,dev.linux.lists.llvm,dev.linux.lists.oe-kbuild-all,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Tim,

kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:

[auto build test ERROR on linus/master]
[also build test ERROR on v7.0-rc7 next-20260410]
[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/Tim-Bird/printk-fix-zero-valued-printk-timestamps-in-early-boot/20260412-134726
base:   linus/master
patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260410203741.997410-2-tim.bird%40sony.com
patch subject: [PATCH v4 1/1] printk: fix zero-valued printk timestamps in early boot
config: um-defconfig (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260412/[email protected]/config)
compiler: clang version 23.0.0git (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project ae825cb8cea7f3ac8e5e4096f22713845cf5e501)
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260412/[email protected]/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 <[email protected]>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/[email protected]/

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

   In file included from kernel/printk/printk.c:49:
>> include/linux/early_times.h:20:9: error: call to undeclared function 'rdtsc'; ISO C99 and later do not support implicit function declarations [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
      20 |         return rdtsc();
         |                ^
   include/linux/early_times.h:45:47: warning: division by zero is undefined [-Wdivision-by-zero]
      45 |                 return (early_unsafe_cycles() * NS_PER_KHZ) / CONFIG_EARLY_CYCLES_KHZ;
         |                                                             ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   1 warning and 1 error generated.


vim +/rdtsc +20 include/linux/early_times.h

    10	
    11	#ifdef CONFIG_EARLY_CYCLES_KHZ
    12	static inline u64 early_unsafe_cycles(void)
    13	{
    14	#if defined(CONFIG_X86_64)
    15		/*
    16		 * This rdtsc may happen before secure TSC is initialized, and
    17		 * it is unordered. So please don't use this value for cryptography
    18		 * or after SMP is initialized.
    19		 */
  > 20		return rdtsc();
    21	#elif defined(CONFIG_ARM64)
    22		return read_sysreg(cntvct_el0);
    23	#elif defined(CONFIG_RISCV_TIMER)
    24		u64 val;
    25	
    26		asm volatile("rdtime %0" : "=r"(val));
    27		return val;
    28	#else
    29		return 0;
    30	#endif
    31	}
    32	

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