linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][RFC] err.h: silence sparse warning: dereference of noderef expression

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Message-ID: <20140611052040.GM5500@mwanda>
Date:	Wed, 11 Jun 2014 08:45:18 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...chiereds.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-sparse@...r.kernel.org,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...marydata.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] err.h: silence sparse warning: dereference of
 noderef expression

On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 05:38:49PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...marydata.com>
> 
> Lately, when I do a make with C=1, I get *tons* of these warnings:
> 
>     include/linux/err.h:35:16: warning: dereference of noderef expression
>     include/linux/err.h:30:23: warning: dereference of noderef expression

Which version of Sparse, which version of the kernel and which .c file
can I compile to reproduce this?

I built fs/cifs/ and I didn't see the sparse warning.

regards,
dan carpenter

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