Re: kernel/fork.c:3088:2: warning: clone3() entry point is missing, please fix

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Sat, Jun 28, 2025, at 21:59, kernel test robot wrote:
> Hi Arnd,
>
> FYI, the error/warning still remains.
>
> date:   12 months ago
> config: hexagon-randconfig-2002-20250626 
> (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250628/202506282120.6vRwodm3-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
> commit: 505d66d1abfb90853e24ab6cbdf83b611473d6fc clone3: drop __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE3 macro
>> kernel/fork.c:3088:2: warning: clone3() entry point is missing, please fix [-W#warnings]

My patch only moved the warning about the four broken architectures
(hexagon, sparc, sh, nios2) that have never implemented the clone3
syscall from commit 7f192e3cd316 ("fork: add clone3"), over six years
ago.

I usually try to fix warnings when I get them, but the entire point
why these still exist is that they require someone to add the
syscall with the correct calling conventions for the respective
architecture and make sure this actually works correctly.

I don't think any of those architecture maintainers are paying
attention to the build warnings or the lkp reports, and they are
clearly not trying to fix them any more, so maybe it's better to
just stop testing them in lkp.

    Arnd