linux-kernel - [PATCH] netfilter: nf_tables: Add __percpu annotation to *stats pointer in nf_tables

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Message-ID: <20240806102808.804619-1-ubizjak@gmail.com>
Date: Tue,  6 Aug 2024 12:26:58 +0200
From: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
To: netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	coreteam@...filter.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>,
	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
	Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...filter.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: nf_tables: Add __percpu annotation to *stats pointer in nf_tables_updchain()

Compiling nf_tables_api.c results in several sparse warnings:

nf_tables_api.c:2740:23: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces)
nf_tables_api.c:2752:38: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces)
nf_tables_api.c:2798:21: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)

Add __percpu annotation to *stats pointer to fix these warnings.

Found by GCC's named address space checks.

There were no changes in the resulting object files.

Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
Cc: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...filter.org>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 481ee78e77bc..805227131f10 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -2642,7 +2642,7 @@ static int nf_tables_updchain(struct nft_ctx *ctx, u8 genmask, u8 policy,
 	struct nft_table *table = ctx->table;
 	struct nft_chain *chain = ctx->chain;
 	struct nft_chain_hook hook = {};
-	struct nft_stats *stats = NULL;
+	struct nft_stats __percpu *stats = NULL;
 	struct nft_hook *h, *next;
 	struct nf_hook_ops *ops;
 	struct nft_trans *trans;
-- 
2.45.2