Re: [net-next:master 195/198] net/bridge/br_mdb.c:79:35: sparse: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces)

[Cong Wang <amwang@redhat.com>]

On Mon, 2012-12-10 at 20:36 +0800, Cong Wang wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-12-09 at 10:54 +0800, kbuild test robot wrote:
> > tree:   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git master
> > head:   9ecb9aabaf634677c77af467f4e3028b09d7bcda
> > commit: ee07c6e7a6f8a25c18f0a6b18152fbd7499245f6 [195/198] bridge: export multicast database via netlink
> > 
> > 
> > sparse warnings:
> > 
> > + net/bridge/br_mdb.c:79:35: sparse: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces)
> 
> Hi, Fengguang,
> 
> I am not sure if I understand this warning correctly. Does the following
> patch fix it?
> 

Hmm, no, probably this one:

diff --git a/net/bridge/br_mdb.c b/net/bridge/br_mdb.c
index 2528328..cd6735c 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_mdb.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_mdb.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static int br_mdb_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb,
struct netlink_callback *cb,
        for (i = 0; i < mdb->max; i++) {
                struct hlist_node *h;
                struct net_bridge_mdb_entry *mp;
-               struct net_bridge_port_group *p, **pp;
+               struct net_bridge_port_group  __rcu *p, **pp;
                struct net_bridge_port *port;
 
                hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(mp, h, &mdb->mhash[i],
hlist[mdb->ver]) {