From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755433AbaFKFrt (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jun 2014 01:47:49 -0400 Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:42429 "EHLO userp1040.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751260AbaFKFrr (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jun 2014 01:47:47 -0400 Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 08:45:18 +0300 From: Dan Carpenter To: Jeff Layton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org, Jeff Layton Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] err.h: silence sparse warning: dereference of noderef expression Message-ID: <20140611052040.GM5500@mwanda> References: <1402436329-24750-1-git-send-email-jlayton@poochiereds.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1402436329-24750-1-git-send-email-jlayton@poochiereds.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Source-IP: acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 05:38:49PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote: > From: Jeff Layton > > Lately, when I do a make with C=1, I get *tons* of these warnings: > > include/linux/err.h:35:16: warning: dereference of noderef expression > include/linux/err.h:30:23: warning: dereference of noderef expression Which version of Sparse, which version of the kernel and which .c file can I compile to reproduce this? I built fs/cifs/ and I didn't see the sparse warning. regards, dan carpenter