linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] exit.c: Fix Sparse errors and warnings

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Date:   Thu, 30 Jan 2020 11:31:58 +0100
From:   Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>
To:     madhuparnabhowmik10@...il.com
Cc:     peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...nel.org, oleg@...hat.com,
        paulmck@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        joel@...lfernandes.org,
        linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org, rcu@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] exit.c: Fix Sparse errors and warnings

On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 11:50:28AM +0530, madhuparnabhowmik10@...il.com wrote:
> From: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik10@...il.com>
> 
> This patch fixes the following sparse error:
> kernel/exit.c:627:25: error: incompatible types in comparison expression
> 
> And the following warning:
> kernel/exit.c:626:40: warning: incorrect type in assignment
> 
> Signed-off-by: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik10@...il.com>

I think the previous version was already fine but hopefully
RCU_INIT_POINTER() really saves some overhead. In any case:

Acked-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>