From: Philip Li <philip.li@intel.com>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Cc: David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>,
kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>,
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
"Mathieu Desnoyers" <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Yury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com>,
Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>,
Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@wanadoo.fr>,
Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
"Andrew Morton" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
<oe-kbuild-all@lists.linux.dev>,
"Linux Memory Management List" <linux-mm@kvack.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH next 11/14] bit: Strengthen compile-time tests in GENMASK() and BIT()
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 09:25:36 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aXLOELiIG8MHKcIO@rli9-mobl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aXIzpC6wpdv47cSH@smile.fi.intel.com>
On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 04:26:44PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 10:33:37AM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> > On Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:41:22 +0800
> > kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com> wrote:
>
> > > sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)
> > > kernel/kthread.c: note: in included file (through include/linux/bitmap.h, include/linux/cpumask.h, arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h, ...):
> > > >> include/linux/find.h:209:45: sparse: sparse: Variable length array is used.
> >
> > Can we stop sparse complaining about sizeof(VLA) ?
>
> First of all, the LKP should install the fork of sparse by Al Viro. That will
> fix tons of warnings that are related to modules and speed up the process
> itself.
Thanks Andy, i will switch to the repo from Al Viro for sparse.
>
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-23 1:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-21 14:57 [PATCH next 00/14] bits: De-bloat expansion of GENMASK() david.laight.linux
2026-01-21 14:57 ` [PATCH next 01/14] overflow: Reduce expansion of __type_max() david.laight.linux
2026-01-21 20:59 ` Kees Cook
2026-02-02 16:45 ` Yury Norov
2026-01-21 14:57 ` [PATCH next 02/14] kbuild: Add W=c for additional compile time checks david.laight.linux
2026-02-02 18:33 ` Yury Norov
2026-02-02 20:07 ` David Laight
2026-02-03 4:47 ` Nathan Chancellor
2026-02-03 11:14 ` David Laight
2026-02-03 19:41 ` Yury Norov
2026-01-21 14:57 ` [PATCH next 03/14] media: videobuf2-core: Use static_assert() for sanity check david.laight.linux
2026-01-21 14:57 ` [PATCH next 04/14] media: atomisp: " david.laight.linux
2026-01-21 14:57 ` [PATCH next 05/14] ixgbevf: Use C test for PAGE_SIZE > IXGBE_MAX_DATA_PER_TXD david.laight.linux
2026-01-23 15:44 ` Simon Horman
2026-01-21 14:57 ` [PATCH next 06/14] asm-generic: include linux/bits.h not vdso/bits.h david.laight.linux
2026-01-21 14:57 ` [PATCH next 07/14] x86/tlb: " david.laight.linux
2026-01-21 14:57 ` [PATCH next 08/14] bits: simplify GENMASK_TYPE() david.laight.linux
2026-02-08 2:36 ` Yury Norov
2026-02-09 9:42 ` David Laight
2026-01-21 14:57 ` [PATCH next 09/14] bits: Change BIT_U8/16() and GENMASK_U8/16() to have unsigned values david.laight.linux
2026-01-21 14:57 ` [PATCH next 10/14] bits: Fix assmebler expansions of GENMASK_Uxx() and BIT_Uxx() david.laight.linux
2026-02-08 3:31 ` Yury Norov
2026-02-08 11:42 ` David Laight
2026-02-08 21:20 ` Yury Norov
2026-02-08 22:27 ` David Laight
2026-01-21 14:57 ` [PATCH next 11/14] bit: Strengthen compile-time tests in GENMASK() and BIT() david.laight.linux
2026-01-21 18:43 ` Vincent Mailhol
2026-01-21 19:14 ` David Laight
2026-01-22 1:11 ` kernel test robot
2026-01-22 10:25 ` David Laight
2026-01-22 20:10 ` David Laight
2026-01-22 4:41 ` kernel test robot
2026-01-22 10:33 ` David Laight
2026-01-22 14:26 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-01-22 14:55 ` David Laight
2026-01-23 1:25 ` Philip Li [this message]
2026-01-23 8:01 ` Vincent Mailhol
2026-01-23 8:11 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-01-23 8:20 ` Al Viro
2026-01-23 8:24 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-01-23 8:32 ` Vincent Mailhol
2026-01-23 8:46 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-01-23 1:24 ` Philip Li
2026-01-21 14:57 ` [PATCH next 12/14] bits: move the defitions of BIT() and BIT_ULL() back to linux/bits.h david.laight.linux
2026-01-21 15:17 ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-01-21 19:24 ` David Laight
2026-01-22 7:39 ` Thomas Weißschuh
2026-01-22 0:50 ` kernel test robot
2026-01-22 1:23 ` kernel test robot
2026-01-22 10:30 ` David Laight
2026-02-07 22:40 ` Thomas Gleixner
2026-02-08 4:23 ` Yury Norov
2026-01-21 14:57 ` [PATCH next 13/14] test_bits: Change all the tests to be compile-time tests david.laight.linux
2026-02-08 4:37 ` Yury Norov
2026-02-08 11:32 ` David Laight
2026-01-21 14:57 ` [PATCH next 14/14] test_bits: include some invalid input tests for GENMASK_INPUT_CHECK() david.laight.linux
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