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Message-ID: <202207150816.81pQSTa5-lkp@intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 15 Jul 2022 08:12:34 +0800
From:   kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     kbuild-all@...ts.01.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
Subject: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c:68:13: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in
 initializer (different address spaces)

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head:   e5d523f1ae8f2cef01f8e071aeee432654166708
commit: caa0ff24d5d0e02abce5e65c3d2b7f20a6617be5 x86/bugs: Keep a per-CPU IA32_SPEC_CTRL value
date:   3 weeks ago
config: x86_64-randconfig-s022 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20220715/202207150816.81pQSTa5-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: gcc-11 (Debian 11.3.0-3) 11.3.0
reproduce:
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.4-39-gce1a6720-dirty
        # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=caa0ff24d5d0e02abce5e65c3d2b7f20a6617be5
        git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
        git fetch --no-tags linus master
        git checkout caa0ff24d5d0e02abce5e65c3d2b7f20a6617be5
        # save the config file
        mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config
        make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash arch/x86/kernel/cpu/

If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>


sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)
   arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c:57:1: sparse: sparse: symbol 'x86_spec_ctrl_current' was not declared. Should it be static?
>> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c:68:13: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces) @@     expected void const [noderef] __percpu *__vpp_verify @@     got unsigned long long * @@
   arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c:68:13: sparse:     expected void const [noderef] __percpu *__vpp_verify
   arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c:68:13: sparse:     got unsigned long long *
   arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c:71:9: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces) @@     expected void const [noderef] __percpu *__vpp_verify @@     got unsigned long long * @@
   arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c:71:9: sparse:     expected void const [noderef] __percpu *__vpp_verify
   arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c:71:9: sparse:     got unsigned long long *
   arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c:794:12: sparse: sparse: symbol 'retbleed_strings' was not declared. Should it be static?

vim +68 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c

    55	
    56	/* The current value of the SPEC_CTRL MSR with task-specific bits set */
  > 57	DEFINE_PER_CPU(u64, x86_spec_ctrl_current);
    58	EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(x86_spec_ctrl_current);
    59	
    60	static DEFINE_MUTEX(spec_ctrl_mutex);
    61	
    62	/*
    63	 * Keep track of the SPEC_CTRL MSR value for the current task, which may differ
    64	 * from x86_spec_ctrl_base due to STIBP/SSB in __speculation_ctrl_update().
    65	 */
    66	void write_spec_ctrl_current(u64 val)
    67	{
  > 68		if (this_cpu_read(x86_spec_ctrl_current) == val)
    69			return;
    70	
    71		this_cpu_write(x86_spec_ctrl_current, val);
    72		wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, val);
    73	}
    74	

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