Re: [PATCH v2] mailbox: zynqmp: Remove invalid __percpu annotation in zynqmp_ipi_probe()

[Tanmay Shah <tanmay.shah@amd.com>]

Reviewed-by: Tanmay Shah <tanmay.shah@amd.com>

On 12/16/24 1:16 AM, Michal Simek wrote:
> 
> 
> On 12/14/24 10:12, Uros Bizjak wrote:
>> struct zynqmp_ipi_pdata __percpu *pdata is not a per-cpu variable,
>> so it should not be annotated with __percpu annotation.
>>
>> Remove invalid __percpu annotation to fix several
>>
>> zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c:920:15: warning: incorrect type in assignment 
>> (different address spaces)
>> zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c:920:15:    expected struct zynqmp_ipi_pdata 
>> [noderef] __percpu *pdata
>> zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c:920:15:    got void *
>> zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c:927:56: warning: incorrect type in argument 3 
>> (different address spaces)
>> zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c:927:56:    expected unsigned int [usertype] 
>> *out_value
>> zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c:927:56:    got unsigned int [noderef] __percpu *
>> ...
>>
>> and several
>>
>> drivers/mailbox/zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c:924:9: warning: dereference of 
>> noderef expression
>> ...
>>
>> sparse warnings.
>>
>> There were no changes in the resulting object file.
>>
>> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
>> Fixes: 6ffb1635341b ("mailbox: zynqmp: handle SGI for shared IPI")
>> Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Michal Simek <michal.simek@amd.com>
>> Cc: Tanmay Shah <tanmay.shah@amd.com>
>> ---
>> v2: - Fix typo in commit message
>>      - Add Fixes and Cc: stable.
>> ---
>>   drivers/mailbox/zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/ 
>> zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c
>> index aa5249da59b2..0c143beaafda 100644
>> --- a/drivers/mailbox/zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c
>> +++ b/drivers/mailbox/zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c
>> @@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ static int zynqmp_ipi_probe(struct platform_device 
>> *pdev)
>>   {
>>       struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
>>       struct device_node *nc, *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
>> -    struct zynqmp_ipi_pdata __percpu *pdata;
>> +    struct zynqmp_ipi_pdata *pdata;
>>       struct of_phandle_args out_irq;
>>       struct zynqmp_ipi_mbox *mbox;
>>       int num_mboxes, ret = -EINVAL;
> 
> Tanmay: Please take a look
> 
> I think this patch is correct. Pdata structure is allocated only once 
> not for every CPU and marking here is not correct. Information from 
> zynqmp_ipi_pdata are likely fixed and the same for every CPU. Only IRQ 
> handling is done per cpu basis but that's it.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Michal Simek <michal.simek@amd.com>
> 
> Thanks,
> Michal
>