From: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
To: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
Cc: maz@kernel.org, oupton@kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev,
catalin.marinas@arm.com, will@kernel.org, rostedt@goodmis.org,
mhiramat@kernel.org, alexandru.elisei@arm.com,
joey.gouly@arm.com, seiden@linux.ibm.com, suzuki.poulose@arm.com,
yuzenghui@huawei.com, qperret@google.com, ardb@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
tabba@google.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 04/11] KVM: arm64: nVHE: Use NULL to reset the trace buffer backing pointer
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 11:34:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <anBuzx3c2MJgLF8c@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260720161343.1367007-5-fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
On Mon, Jul 20, 2026 at 05:13:36PM +0100, Fuad Tabba wrote:
> bpages_backing_start is a pointer; resetting it to plain 0 triggers a
> sparse warning.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
Probably missed this when modifying the type for bpages_backing_start.
Reviewed-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/trace.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/trace.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/trace.c
> index e7e150ab265ff..177fe3d8fbb13 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/trace.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/trace.c
> @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static void hyp_trace_buffer_unload_bpage_backing(struct hyp_trace_buffer *trace
>
> __release_host_mem(start, size);
>
> - trace_buffer->bpages_backing_start = 0;
> + trace_buffer->bpages_backing_start = NULL;
> trace_buffer->bpages_backing_size = 0;
> }
>
> --
> 2.39.5
>
--
Vincent
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-03 10:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-20 16:13 [PATCH v1 00/11] KVM: arm64: Restore type-checking across the host/hyp hypercall boundary Fuad Tabba
2026-07-20 16:13 ` [PATCH v1 01/11] tracing: Include linux/types.h in trace_remote_event.h Fuad Tabba
2026-07-20 18:32 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-07-20 16:13 ` [PATCH v1 03/11] KVM: arm64: nVHE: Declare the hyp event IDs before defining them Fuad Tabba
2026-08-03 10:33 ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-07-20 16:13 ` [PATCH v1 04/11] KVM: arm64: nVHE: Use NULL to reset the trace buffer backing pointer Fuad Tabba
2026-08-03 10:34 ` Vincent Donnefort [this message]
2026-07-20 16:13 ` [PATCH v1 05/11] KVM: arm64: nVHE: Run the source checker under C=2 Fuad Tabba
2026-08-03 10:42 ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-07-20 16:13 ` [PATCH v1 06/11] arm64: pi: Run the source checker on the libfdt objects " Fuad Tabba
2026-07-20 16:13 ` [PATCH v1 07/11] KVM: arm64: nVHE: Pass host VA arguments as pointers Fuad Tabba
2026-07-20 16:13 ` [PATCH v1 08/11] KVM: arm64: Move the host hypercall interface to its own header Fuad Tabba
2026-07-20 16:13 ` [PATCH v1 09/11] KVM: arm64: Type-check hypercall arguments at the caller Fuad Tabba
2026-07-30 12:37 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-07-30 13:47 ` Fuad Tabba
2026-07-20 16:24 ` [PATCH v1 10/11] KVM: arm64: nVHE: Check hypercall handlers against the declared ABI Fuad Tabba
2026-07-20 16:24 ` [PATCH v1 11/11] KVM: arm64: Tag host-VA hypercall parameters __hostva Fuad Tabba
2026-08-03 10:50 ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-03 11:06 ` Fuad Tabba
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