netdev - sparse warnings in net/vmw_vsock/virtio

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Date:   Fri, 10 Jul 2020 06:24:51 -0400
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     stefanha@...hat.com, sgarzare@...hat.com,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: sparse warnings in net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c

RCU trickery:

net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:73:17: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces):
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:73:17:    struct virtio_vsock [noderef] __rcu *
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:73:17:    struct virtio_vsock *
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:171:17: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces):
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:171:17:    struct virtio_vsock [noderef] __rcu *
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:171:17:    struct virtio_vsock *
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:207:17: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces):
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:207:17:    struct virtio_vsock [noderef] __rcu *
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:207:17:    struct virtio_vsock *
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:561:13: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces):
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:561:13:    struct virtio_vsock [noderef] __rcu *
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:561:13:    struct virtio_vsock *
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:612:9: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces):
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:612:9:    struct virtio_vsock [noderef] __rcu *
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:612:9:    struct virtio_vsock *
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:631:9: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces):
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:631:9:    struct virtio_vsock [noderef] __rcu *
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:631:9:    struct virtio_vsock *
  CC [M]  net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.o

can you take a look at fixing this pls?

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MST