netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ieee802154: hwsim: fix rcu address annotation

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Date:   Tue, 7 Aug 2018 17:28:43 +0200
From:   Stefan Schmidt <stefan@...enfreihafen.org>
To:     Alexander Aring <aring@...atatu.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-wpan@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...atatu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ieee802154: hwsim: fix rcu address annotation

Hello Dave.

On 08/07/2018 04:34 PM, Alexander Aring wrote:
> This patch fixes the following sparse warning about mismatch rcu
> attribute for address space annotation:
> 
> ...
> error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different modifiers)
> error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces)
> ...
> 
> Some __rcu annotation was at non-pointers list head structures and one was
> missing in edge information which is used by rcu_assign_pointer() to
> update edge setting information.
> 
> Cc: Stefan Schmidt <stefan@...enfreihafen.org>
> Fixes: f25da51fdc38 ("ieee802154: hwsim: add replacement for fakelb")
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Aring <aring@...atatu.com>
> ---
> Hopefully I did it right now. Sorry again.
> 
>  drivers/net/ieee802154/mac802154_hwsim.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ieee802154/mac802154_hwsim.c b/drivers/net/ieee802154/mac802154_hwsim.c
> index 1982308b9b1c..f4e92054f7df 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ieee802154/mac802154_hwsim.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ieee802154/mac802154_hwsim.c
> @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>  static LIST_HEAD(hwsim_phys);
>  static DEFINE_MUTEX(hwsim_phys_lock);
>  
> -static __rcu LIST_HEAD(hwsim_ifup_phys);
> +static LIST_HEAD(hwsim_ifup_phys);
>  
>  static struct platform_device *mac802154hwsim_dev;
>  
> @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ struct hwsim_edge_info {
>  
>  struct hwsim_edge {
>  	struct hwsim_phy *endpoint;
> -	struct hwsim_edge_info *info;
> +	struct hwsim_edge_info __rcu *info;
>  
>  	struct list_head list;
>  	struct rcu_head rcu;
> @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ struct hwsim_phy {
>  	struct hwsim_pib __rcu *pib;
>  
>  	bool suspended;
> -	struct list_head __rcu edges;
> +	struct list_head edges;
>  
>  	struct list_head list;
>  	struct list_head list_ifup;
> 


Could you apply this patch directly to net-next?
It fixes an issue introduced with my pull request from two days ago. I
have nothing else to submit so I would appreciate if you could apply it
directly.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Schmidt <stefan@...enfreihafen.org>

regards
Stefan Schmidt