linux-kernel - Re: arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c:1944:55: sparse: sparse: dereference of noderef expression

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Date:   Wed, 1 Jun 2022 09:50:39 +0200
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc:     kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>, kbuild-all@...ts.01.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c:1944:55: sparse: sparse: dereference
 of noderef expression

On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 05:57:42PM +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote:

> This looks wrong indeed. IIUC, something like below but waiting for Mark
> to confirm:
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
> index 819979398127..ac521b3403d6 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
> @@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@ void __efi_fpsimd_end(void)
>  							   0,
>  							   SVCR_SM_MASK);
>  					if (!system_supports_fa64())
> -						ffr = efi_sm_state;
> +						ffr = false;

Yes, that looks right - feel free to add my Reviewed-by or I'll
do that when I see the patch sent properly.

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