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Date:   Sun, 8 Jul 2018 15:10:42 +0800
From:   kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>
To:     Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com>
Cc:     kbuild-all@...org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
Subject: [net-next:master 464/475] net/sched/act_api.c:71:15: sparse:
 incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git master
head:   e9ec8045644cf730d798cd8df8a6f8a86b7fba64
commit: eec94fdb04806790c7b7e6ea347820064cc6d467 [464/475] net: sched: use rcu for action cookie update
reproduce:
        # apt-get install sparse
        git checkout eec94fdb04806790c7b7e6ea347820064cc6d467
        make ARCH=x86_64 allmodconfig
        make C=1 CF=-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__


sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)

>> net/sched/act_api.c:71:15: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces) @@    expected struct tc_cookie [noderef] <asn:4>*__ret @@    got [noderef] <asn:4>*__ret @@
   net/sched/act_api.c:71:15:    expected struct tc_cookie [noderef] <asn:4>*__ret
   net/sched/act_api.c:71:15:    got struct tc_cookie *new_cookie
>> net/sched/act_api.c:71:13: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces) @@    expected struct tc_cookie *old @@    got struct tc_cookie [noderef] <struct tc_cookie *old @@
   net/sched/act_api.c:71:13:    expected struct tc_cookie *old
   net/sched/act_api.c:71:13:    got struct tc_cookie [noderef] <asn:4>*[assigned] __ret
>> net/sched/act_api.c:132:48: sparse: dereference of noderef expression

vim +71 net/sched/act_api.c

    65	
    66	static void tcf_set_action_cookie(struct tc_cookie __rcu **old_cookie,
    67					  struct tc_cookie *new_cookie)
    68	{
    69		struct tc_cookie *old;
    70	
  > 71		old = xchg(old_cookie, new_cookie);
    72		if (old)
    73			call_rcu(&old->rcu, tcf_free_cookie_rcu);
    74	}
    75	
    76	/* XXX: For standalone actions, we don't need a RCU grace period either, because
    77	 * actions are always connected to filters and filters are already destroyed in
    78	 * RCU callbacks, so after a RCU grace period actions are already disconnected
    79	 * from filters. Readers later can not find us.
    80	 */
    81	static void free_tcf(struct tc_action *p)
    82	{
    83		free_percpu(p->cpu_bstats);
    84		free_percpu(p->cpu_qstats);
    85	
    86		tcf_set_action_cookie(&p->act_cookie, NULL);
    87		if (p->goto_chain)
    88			tcf_action_goto_chain_fini(p);
    89	
    90		kfree(p);
    91	}
    92	
    93	static void tcf_idr_remove(struct tcf_idrinfo *idrinfo, struct tc_action *p)
    94	{
    95		spin_lock(&idrinfo->lock);
    96		idr_remove(&idrinfo->action_idr, p->tcfa_index);
    97		spin_unlock(&idrinfo->lock);
    98		gen_kill_estimator(&p->tcfa_rate_est);
    99		free_tcf(p);
   100	}
   101	
   102	int __tcf_idr_release(struct tc_action *p, bool bind, bool strict)
   103	{
   104		int ret = 0;
   105	
   106		ASSERT_RTNL();
   107	
   108		if (p) {
   109			if (bind)
   110				p->tcfa_bindcnt--;
   111			else if (strict && p->tcfa_bindcnt > 0)
   112				return -EPERM;
   113	
   114			p->tcfa_refcnt--;
   115			if (p->tcfa_bindcnt <= 0 && p->tcfa_refcnt <= 0) {
   116				if (p->ops->cleanup)
   117					p->ops->cleanup(p);
   118				tcf_idr_remove(p->idrinfo, p);
   119				ret = ACT_P_DELETED;
   120			}
   121		}
   122	
   123		return ret;
   124	}
   125	EXPORT_SYMBOL(__tcf_idr_release);
   126	
   127	static size_t tcf_action_shared_attrs_size(const struct tc_action *act)
   128	{
   129		u32 cookie_len = 0;
   130	
   131		if (act->act_cookie)
 > 132			cookie_len = nla_total_size(act->act_cookie->len);
   133	
   134		return  nla_total_size(0) /* action number nested */
   135			+ nla_total_size(IFNAMSIZ) /* TCA_ACT_KIND */
   136			+ cookie_len /* TCA_ACT_COOKIE */
   137			+ nla_total_size(0) /* TCA_ACT_STATS nested */
   138			/* TCA_STATS_BASIC */
   139			+ nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(struct gnet_stats_basic))
   140			/* TCA_STATS_QUEUE */
   141			+ nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(struct gnet_stats_queue))
   142			+ nla_total_size(0) /* TCA_OPTIONS nested */
   143			+ nla_total_size(sizeof(struct tcf_t)); /* TCA_GACT_TM */
   144	}
   145	

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