linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] mailbox: zynqmp: Remove invalid __percpu annotation in zynqmp_ipi

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Message-ID: <cd2e2945-1b62-4fce-82fb-68f0692bf053@amd.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:05:59 +0100
From: Michal Simek <michal.simek@....com>
To: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
 kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] mailbox: zynqmp: Remove invalid __percpu annotation
 in zynqmp_ipi_probe()



On 12/13/24 15:57, Uros Bizjak wrote:
> struct zynqmp_ipi_pdata __percpu *pdata is not a per-cpu variable,
> so it shoul not be annotated with __percpu annotation.

typo here.

> 
> Remove invalid __percpu annotation to fix several
> 
> zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c:920:15: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces)
> zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c:920:15:    expected struct zynqmp_ipi_pdata [noderef] __percpu *pdata
> zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c:920:15:    got void *
> zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c:927:56: warning: incorrect type in argument 3 (different address spaces)
> zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c:927:56:    expected unsigned int [usertype] *out_value
> zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c:927:56:    got unsigned int [noderef] __percpu *
> ...
> 
> and several
> 
> drivers/mailbox/zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c:924:9: warning: dereference of noderef expression
> ...
> 
> sparse warnings.
> 
> There were no changes in the resulting object files.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
> Cc: Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@...il.com>
> Cc: Michal Simek <michal.simek@....com>
> ---
>   drivers/mailbox/zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c
> index aa5249da59b2..0c143beaafda 100644
> --- a/drivers/mailbox/zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c
> +++ b/drivers/mailbox/zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c
> @@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ static int zynqmp_ipi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>   {
>   	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
>   	struct device_node *nc, *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
> -	struct zynqmp_ipi_pdata __percpu *pdata;
> +	struct zynqmp_ipi_pdata *pdata;
>   	struct of_phandle_args out_irq;
>   	struct zynqmp_ipi_mbox *mbox;
>   	int num_mboxes, ret = -EINVAL;


Feel free to also find commit which introduced this issue and add
Fixes and cc: stable to v2.

Thanks,
Michal