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* [PATCH net-next] netdev: set __percpu attribute on netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats
@ 2014-03-10 16:41 Stephen Hemminger
  2014-03-10 17:44 ` Cong Wang
  2014-03-11 20:37 ` David Miller
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Hemminger @ 2014-03-10 16:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David Miller, Cong Wang; +Cc: netdev

This patch fixes sparse warnings in vlan driver.
It propagates the sparse __percpu attribute from alloc_percpu
into netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats. I expect it may trigger additional
sparse warnings from other drivers that are missing the __percpu
attribute.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>


--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h	2014-03-03 10:37:53.282147105 -0800
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h	2014-03-10 09:32:48.599837500 -0700
@@ -1812,7 +1812,7 @@ struct pcpu_sw_netstats {
 
 #define netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats(type)				\
 ({								\
-	typeof(type) *pcpu_stats = alloc_percpu(type);		\
+	typeof(type) __percpu *pcpu_stats = alloc_percpu(type); \
 	if (pcpu_stats)	{					\
 		int i;						\
 		for_each_possible_cpu(i) {			\

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* Re: [PATCH net-next] netdev: set __percpu attribute on netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats
  2014-03-10 16:41 [PATCH net-next] netdev: set __percpu attribute on netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats Stephen Hemminger
@ 2014-03-10 17:44 ` Cong Wang
  2014-03-11 20:37 ` David Miller
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Cong Wang @ 2014-03-10 17:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Stephen Hemminger; +Cc: David Miller, Cong Wang, netdev

On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Stephen Hemminger
<stephen@networkplumber.org> wrote:
> This patch fixes sparse warnings in vlan driver.
> It propagates the sparse __percpu attribute from alloc_percpu
> into netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats. I expect it may trigger additional
> sparse warnings from other drivers that are missing the __percpu
> attribute.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>

Acked-by: Cong Wang <cwang@twopensource.com>

Thanks for the fix.

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* Re: [PATCH net-next] netdev: set __percpu attribute on netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats
  2014-03-10 16:41 [PATCH net-next] netdev: set __percpu attribute on netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats Stephen Hemminger
  2014-03-10 17:44 ` Cong Wang
@ 2014-03-11 20:37 ` David Miller
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: David Miller @ 2014-03-11 20:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: stephen; +Cc: amwang, netdev

From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 09:41:46 -0700

> This patch fixes sparse warnings in vlan driver.
> It propagates the sparse __percpu attribute from alloc_percpu
> into netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats. I expect it may trigger additional
> sparse warnings from other drivers that are missing the __percpu
> attribute.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>

Applied.

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