linux-kernel - include/net/ip_fib.h:539:19: sparse: sparse: cast to non-scalar

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Message-ID: <202507121128.3JqKpsLP-lkp@intel.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 11:41:27 +0800
From: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
To: Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>
Cc: oe-kbuild-all@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>,
	Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
Subject: include/net/ip_fib.h:539:19: sparse: sparse: cast to non-scalar

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head:   379f604cc3dc2c865dc2b13d81faa166b6df59ec
commit: 4ee2a8cace3fb9a34aea6a56426f89d26dd514f3 net: ipv4: Add a sysctl to set multipath hash seed
date:   1 year, 1 month ago
config: alpha-randconfig-r132-20250712 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250712/202507121128.3JqKpsLP-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: alpha-linux-gcc (GCC) 13.4.0
reproduce: (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250712/202507121128.3JqKpsLP-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202507121128.3JqKpsLP-lkp@intel.com/

sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)
   net/ipv6/route.c:2342:39: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different base types) @@     expected unsigned int [usertype] flow_label @@     got restricted __be32 @@
   net/ipv6/route.c:2342:39: sparse:     expected unsigned int [usertype] flow_label
   net/ipv6/route.c:2342:39: sparse:     got restricted __be32
   net/ipv6/route.c: note: in included file (through include/linux/mroute_base.h, include/linux/mroute6.h):
>> include/net/ip_fib.h:539:19: sparse: sparse: cast to non-scalar
>> include/net/ip_fib.h:539:19: sparse: sparse: cast from non-scalar
>> include/net/ip_fib.h:539:19: sparse: sparse: cast to non-scalar
>> include/net/ip_fib.h:539:19: sparse: sparse: cast from non-scalar
>> include/net/ip_fib.h:539:19: sparse: sparse: cast to non-scalar
>> include/net/ip_fib.h:539:19: sparse: sparse: cast from non-scalar
>> include/net/ip_fib.h:539:19: sparse: sparse: cast to non-scalar
>> include/net/ip_fib.h:539:19: sparse: sparse: cast from non-scalar
>> include/net/ip_fib.h:539:19: sparse: sparse: cast to non-scalar
>> include/net/ip_fib.h:539:19: sparse: sparse: cast from non-scalar
>> include/net/ip_fib.h:539:19: sparse: sparse: cast to non-scalar
>> include/net/ip_fib.h:539:19: sparse: sparse: cast from non-scalar

vim +539 include/net/ip_fib.h

   532	
   533	static inline u32 fib_multipath_hash_from_keys(const struct net *net,
   534						       struct flow_keys *keys)
   535	{
   536		siphash_aligned_key_t hash_key;
   537		u32 mp_seed;
   538	
 > 539		mp_seed = READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_fib_multipath_hash_seed).mp_seed;
   540		fib_multipath_hash_construct_key(&hash_key, mp_seed);
   541	
   542		return flow_hash_from_keys_seed(keys, &hash_key);
   543	}
   544	#else
   545	static inline u32 fib_multipath_hash_from_keys(const struct net *net,
   546						       struct flow_keys *keys)
   547	{
   548		return flow_hash_from_keys(keys);
   549	}
   550	#endif
   551	

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