Hi Kumar, Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on bpf-next/master] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Kumar-Kartikeya-Dwivedi/Introduce-unstable-CT-lookup-helpers/20211230-103958 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next.git master config: ia64-randconfig-s031-20211230 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20220101/202201011858.vOPCCeDV-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config) compiler: ia64-linux-gcc (GCC) 11.2.0 reproduce: wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-dirty # https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commit/25d6b438335605e4e002f7afde50a3eaf17a0b6c git remote add linux-review https://github.com/0day-ci/linux git fetch --no-tags linux-review Kumar-Kartikeya-Dwivedi/Introduce-unstable-CT-lookup-helpers/20211230-103958 git checkout 25d6b438335605e4e002f7afde50a3eaf17a0b6c # save the config file to linux build tree mkdir build_dir COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-11.2.0 make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=ia64 SHELL=/bin/bash If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>) kernel/module.c:2762:23: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces) @@ expected struct mod_kallsyms [noderef] __rcu *kallsyms @@ got void * @@ kernel/module.c:2762:23: sparse: expected struct mod_kallsyms [noderef] __rcu *kallsyms kernel/module.c:2762:23: sparse: got void * >> kernel/module.c:4510:18: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces) @@ expected struct mod_kallsyms *kallsyms @@ got struct mod_kallsyms [noderef] __rcu *kallsyms @@ kernel/module.c:4510:18: sparse: expected struct mod_kallsyms *kallsyms kernel/module.c:4510:18: sparse: got struct mod_kallsyms [noderef] __rcu *kallsyms kernel/module.c:2764:12: sparse: sparse: dereference of noderef expression kernel/module.c:2765:12: sparse: sparse: dereference of noderef expression kernel/module.c:2767:12: sparse: sparse: dereference of noderef expression kernel/module.c:2768:12: sparse: sparse: dereference of noderef expression kernel/module.c:2777:18: sparse: sparse: dereference of noderef expression kernel/module.c:2778:35: sparse: sparse: dereference of noderef expression kernel/module.c:2779:20: sparse: sparse: dereference of noderef expression kernel/module.c:2784:32: sparse: sparse: dereference of noderef expression kernel/module.c:2787:45: sparse: sparse: dereference of noderef expression vim +4510 kernel/module.c 4499 4500 int module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol(struct module *mod, 4501 int (*fn)(void *, const char *, 4502 struct module *, unsigned long), 4503 void *data) 4504 { 4505 struct mod_kallsyms *kallsyms; 4506 int ret = 0; 4507 4508 mutex_lock(&module_mutex); 4509 /* We hold module_mutex: no need for rcu_dereference_sched */ > 4510 kallsyms = mod->kallsyms; 4511 if (mod->state != MODULE_STATE_UNFORMED) 4512 ret = __module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol(kallsyms, mod, fn, data); 4513 mutex_unlock(&module_mutex); 4514 4515 return ret; 4516 } 4517 --- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service, Intel Corporation https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-all@xxxxxxxxxxxx