This patch fixes a warning generated by Sparse
"warning: Using plain integer as NULL pointer"
by replacing p with *p in the WRITE_ONCE() macro
This enables the pointer to be cleared on map value delete,
hence clearing the warning.
Signed-off-by: Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/bpf/syscall.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index 27760627370d..f798acd43a28 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ void bpf_map_free_kptrs(struct bpf_map *map, void *map_value)
if (off_desc->type == BPF_KPTR_UNREF) {
u64 *p = (u64 *)btf_id_ptr;
- WRITE_ONCE(p, 0);
+ WRITE_ONCE(*p, 0);
continue;
}
old_ptr = xchg(btf_id_ptr, 0);
--
2.35.1
