[PATCH] smpboot: Place the __percpu annotation correctly

[PATCH] smpboot: Place the __percpu annotation correctly

[Sebastian Andrzej Siewior]

The test robot reported a wrong assignment of a per-CPU variable which
it detected by using sparse and sent a report. The assignment itself is
correct. The annotation for sparse was wrong and hence the report.
The first pointer is a "normal" pointer and points to the per-CPU memory
area. That means that the __percpu annotation has to be moved.

Move the __percpu annotation to pointer which points to the per-CPU
area. This change affects only the sparse tool (and is ignored by the
compiler).

Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/201904231828.a3jAyl28%25lkp@intel.com
Fixes: f97f8f06a49fe ("smpboot: Provide infrastructure for percpu hotplug threads")
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
---
 include/linux/smpboot.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/smpboot.h b/include/linux/smpboot.h
index d0884b5250010..9d1bc65d226cc 100644
--- a/include/linux/smpboot.h
+++ b/include/linux/smpboot.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ struct smpboot_thread_data;
  * @thread_comm:	The base name of the thread
  */
 struct smp_hotplug_thread {
-	struct task_struct __percpu	**store;
+	struct task_struct		* __percpu *store;
 	struct list_head		list;
 	int				(*thread_should_run)(unsigned int cpu);
 	void				(*thread_fn)(unsigned int cpu);
-- 
2.20.1

[tip:smp/hotplug] smpboot: Place the __percpu annotation correctly

[tip-bot for Sebastian Andrzej Siewior]

Commit-ID:  d4645d30b50d1691c26ff0f8fa4e718b08f8d3bb
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/d4645d30b50d1691c26ff0f8fa4e718b08f8d3bb
Author:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
AuthorDate: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 10:52:53 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
CommitDate: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:17:08 +0200

smpboot: Place the __percpu annotation correctly

The test robot reported a wrong assignment of a per-CPU variable which
it detected by using sparse and sent a report. The assignment itself is
correct. The annotation for sparse was wrong and hence the report.
The first pointer is a "normal" pointer and points to the per-CPU memory
area. That means that the __percpu annotation has to be moved.

Move the __percpu annotation to pointer which points to the per-CPU
area. This change affects only the sparse tool (and is ignored by the
compiler).

Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Fixes: f97f8f06a49fe ("smpboot: Provide infrastructure for percpu hotplug threads")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190424085253.12178-1-bigeasy@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/smpboot.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/smpboot.h b/include/linux/smpboot.h
index d0884b525001..9d1bc65d226c 100644
--- a/include/linux/smpboot.h
+++ b/include/linux/smpboot.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ struct smpboot_thread_data;
  * @thread_comm:	The base name of the thread
  */
 struct smp_hotplug_thread {
-	struct task_struct __percpu	**store;
+	struct task_struct		* __percpu *store;
 	struct list_head		list;
 	int				(*thread_should_run)(unsigned int cpu);
 	void				(*thread_fn)(unsigned int cpu);