netdev - Re: [PATCH] radix-tree: fix memory leak in radix_tree

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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 11:25:04 +0800
From: Lizhi Xu <lizhi.xu@...driver.com>
To: <lkp@...el.com>
CC: <davem@...emloft.net>, <edumazet@...gle.com>, <kuba@...nel.org>,
        <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <lizhi.xu@...driver.com>, <mani@...nel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <oe-kbuild-all@...ts.linux.dev>, <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        <syzbot+006987d1be3586e13555@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
        <syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] radix-tree: fix memory leak in radix_tree_insert

On Tue, 12 Dec 2023 07:16:50 +0800, kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com> wrote:
> kernel test robot noticed the following build warnings:
>    lib/radix-tree.c:558:24: sparse:     got struct xa_node [noderef] __rcu *parent
> >> lib/radix-tree.c:653:28: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces) @@     expected struct xa_node *pn @@     got struct xa_node [noderef] __rcu *parent @@
>    lib/radix-tree.c:653:28: sparse:     expected struct xa_node *pn
>   651			struct radix_tree_node *pn;
>   652			while (shift < mmshift && node) {
> > 653				pn = node->parent;
It can be clarified here that node->parent is the type just alloced as 
"struct radix_tree node *", so there is no need to use cast type conversion,  
Please ignore this warning.

BR,
Lizhi