linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 2/7] md/raid5: Un-nest struct raid5

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Message-Id: <20220407165713.9243-3-logang@deltatee.com>
Date:   Thu,  7 Apr 2022 10:57:08 -0600
From:   Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
        Song Liu <song@...nel.org>
Cc:     Guoqing Jiang <guoqing.jiang@...ux.dev>,
        Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1 2/7] md/raid5: Un-nest struct raid5_percpu definition

Sparse reports many warnings of the form:
  drivers/md/raid5.c:1476:16: warning: dereference of noderef expression

This is because all struct raid5_percpu definitions get marked as
__percpu when really only the pointer in r5conf should have that
annotation.

Fix this by moving the defnition of raid5_precpu out of the definition
of struct r5conf.

Signed-off-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
---
 drivers/md/raid5.h | 20 +++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.h b/drivers/md/raid5.h
index 9e8486a9e445..61bc2e1f1b4e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.h
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.h
@@ -560,6 +560,16 @@ struct r5pending_data {
 	struct bio_list bios;
 };
 
+struct raid5_percpu {
+	struct page	*spare_page; /* Used when checking P/Q in raid6 */
+	void		*scribble;  /* space for constructing buffer
+				     * lists and performing address
+				     * conversions
+				     */
+	int             scribble_obj_size;
+	local_lock_t    lock;
+};
+
 struct r5conf {
 	struct hlist_head	*stripe_hashtbl;
 	/* only protect corresponding hash list and inactive_list */
@@ -635,15 +645,7 @@ struct r5conf {
 					    */
 	int			recovery_disabled;
 	/* per cpu variables */
-	struct raid5_percpu {
-		struct page	*spare_page; /* Used when checking P/Q in raid6 */
-		void		*scribble;  /* space for constructing buffer
-					     * lists and performing address
-					     * conversions
-					     */
-		int             scribble_obj_size;
-		local_lock_t    lock;
-	} __percpu *percpu;
+	struct raid5_percpu __percpu *percpu;
 	int scribble_disks;
 	int scribble_sectors;
 	struct hlist_node node;
-- 
2.30.2