Hi Takashi, I love your patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on tiwai-sound/for-next] [also build test WARNING on linus/master v6.0-rc1 next-20220819] [If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note. And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information] url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Takashi-Iwai/ALSA-memalloc-Revive-x86-specific-WC-page-allocations-again/20220821-162443 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git for-next config: i386-randconfig-s001 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20220821/202208212226.7Ji4ZW8k-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config) compiler: gcc-11 (Debian 11.3.0-5) 11.3.0 reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-39-gce1a6720-dirty # https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commit/86072b28544f52618e4ce8336ba80be1d67f38d9 git remote add linux-review https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux git fetch --no-tags linux-review Takashi-Iwai/ALSA-memalloc-Revive-x86-specific-WC-page-allocations-again/20220821-162443 git checkout 86072b28544f52618e4ce8336ba80be1d67f38d9 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash sound/core/ If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>) >> sound/core/memalloc.c:705:41: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different base types) @@ expected unsigned long gfp @@ got restricted gfp_t @@ sound/core/memalloc.c:705:41: sparse: expected unsigned long gfp sound/core/memalloc.c:705:41: sparse: got restricted gfp_t >> sound/core/memalloc.c:710:62: sparse: sparse: restricted gfp_t degrades to integer >> sound/core/memalloc.c:711:29: sparse: sparse: invalid assignment: |= >> sound/core/memalloc.c:711:29: sparse: left side has type unsigned long >> sound/core/memalloc.c:711:29: sparse: right side has type restricted gfp_t sound/core/memalloc.c:714:60: sparse: sparse: restricted gfp_t degrades to integer sound/core/memalloc.c:715:38: sparse: sparse: restricted gfp_t degrades to integer sound/core/memalloc.c:715:52: sparse: sparse: restricted gfp_t degrades to integer sound/core/memalloc.c:289:43: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 2 (different base types) @@ expected restricted gfp_t [usertype] gfp_mask @@ got unsigned long gfp @@ sound/core/memalloc.c:289:43: sparse: expected restricted gfp_t [usertype] gfp_mask sound/core/memalloc.c:289:43: sparse: got unsigned long gfp sound/core/memalloc.c:299:52: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 3 (different base types) @@ expected unsigned long gfp @@ got restricted gfp_t @@ sound/core/memalloc.c:299:52: sparse: expected unsigned long gfp sound/core/memalloc.c:299:52: sparse: got restricted gfp_t vim +705 sound/core/memalloc.c 699 700 /* manual page allocations with wc setup */ 701 static void *do_alloc_fallback_pages(struct device *dev, size_t size, 702 dma_addr_t *addr, bool wc) 703 { 704 void *p; > 705 unsigned long gfp = DEFAULT_GFP & ~__GFP_COMP; 706 707 again: 708 p = do_alloc_pages(size, addr, gfp); 709 if (!p || (*addr + size - 1) & ~dev->coherent_dma_mask) { > 710 if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32) && !(gfp & GFP_DMA32)) { > 711 gfp |= GFP_DMA32; 712 goto again; 713 } 714 if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZONE_DMA) && !(gfp & GFP_DMA)) { 715 gfp = (gfp & ~GFP_DMA32) | GFP_DMA; 716 goto again; 717 } 718 } 719 if (p && wc) 720 set_memory_wc((unsigned long)(p), size >> PAGE_SHIFT); 721 return p; 722 } 723 -- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service https://01.org/lkp