netdev - Re: [PATCH net] openvswitch: Fix conntrack cache with timeout

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Date:   Thu, 22 Aug 2019 11:32:29 -0700
From:   Yi-Hung Wei <yihung.wei@...il.com>
To:     kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Cc:     kbuild-all@...org,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Pravin Shelar <pshelar@....org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] openvswitch: Fix conntrack cache with timeout

On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 11:12 AM kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Yi-Hung,
>
> Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve:
>
> [auto build test WARNING on net/master]
>
> url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Yi-Hung-Wei/openvswitch-Fix-conntrack-cache-with-timeout/20190822-212539
> reproduce:
>         # apt-get install sparse
>         # sparse version: v0.6.1-rc1-7-g2b96cd8-dirty
>         make ARCH=x86_64 allmodconfig
>         make C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__'
>
> If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag
> Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>
>
>
> sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)
>
>    include/linux/sched.h:609:43: sparse: sparse: bad integer constant expression
>    include/linux/sched.h:609:73: sparse: sparse: invalid named zero-width bitfield `value'
>    include/linux/sched.h:610:43: sparse: sparse: bad integer constant expression
>    include/linux/sched.h:610:67: sparse: sparse: invalid named zero-width bitfield `bucket_id'
> >> net/openvswitch/conntrack.c:706:41: sparse: sparse: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces):
> >> net/openvswitch/conntrack.c:706:41: sparse:    struct nf_ct_timeout *
> >> net/openvswitch/conntrack.c:706:41: sparse:    struct nf_ct_timeout [noderef] <asn:4> *

My v1 does not take care of the rcu pointer properly.  I will fix the
reported issue and send v2.

Thanks,

-Yi-Hung