From: Daniel Zahka <daniel.zahka@gmail.com>
To: Wei Wang <weibunny.kernel@gmail.com>,
kuba@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Wei Wang <weibunny@fb.com>, kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] psp: use unrcu_pointer() for the cmpxchg() on netdev psp_dev
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:57:36 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <522517bd-869c-442d-81c8-c0236563a925@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260813193416.1544518-1-weibunny.kernel@gmail.com>
On 8/13/26 3:34 PM, Wei Wang wrote:
> From: Wei Wang <weibunny@fb.com>
>
> sparse reports:
>
> net/psp/psp_nl.c:513:13: sparse: sparse: cast removes address space
> '__rcu' of expression
>
> cmpxchg() returns typeof(*ptr) and its internal casts strip the __rcu
> annotation. Wrap it in unrcu_pointer(), the documented way to use an
> __rcu pointer with xchg() and friends.
>
> This was introduced by commit 06c2dce2d0f6 ("psp: add new netlink cmd
> for dev-assoc and dev-disassoc").
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202608080910.l9KvOH7O-lkp@intel.com/
> Signed-off-by: Wei Wang <weibunny@fb.com>
Commits targeting the net tree need a fixes tag.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-13 19:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-13 19:34 [PATCH net] psp: use unrcu_pointer() for the cmpxchg() on netdev psp_dev Wei Wang
2026-08-13 19:57 ` Daniel Zahka [this message]
2026-08-13 20:37 ` Wei Wang
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