On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 07:31:54PM -0800, Michael Kelley wrote:
> The percpu variables hyperv_pcpu_input_arg and hyperv_pcpu_output_arg
> have been incorrectly defined since their inception. The __percpu
> qualifier should be associated with the void * (i.e., a pointer), not
> with the target of the pointer. This distinction makes no difference
> to gcc and the generated code, but sparse correctly complains. Fix
> the definitions in the interest of general correctness in addition
> to making sparse happy.
>
> No functional change.
>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Good catch. I failed to interpret sparse's complaints.
Both patches queued to hyperv-next. Thanks.
> ---
> drivers/hv/hv_common.c | 4 ++--
> include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h | 4 ++--
> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_common.c b/drivers/hv/hv_common.c
> index 7be173a..7477e5a 100644
> --- a/drivers/hv/hv_common.c
> +++ b/drivers/hv/hv_common.c
> @@ -44,10 +44,10 @@
> u32 hv_max_vp_index;
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hv_max_vp_index);
>
> -void __percpu **hyperv_pcpu_input_arg;
> +void * __percpu *hyperv_pcpu_input_arg;
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hyperv_pcpu_input_arg);
>
> -void __percpu **hyperv_pcpu_output_arg;
> +void * __percpu *hyperv_pcpu_output_arg;
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hyperv_pcpu_output_arg);
>
> /*
> diff --git a/include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h b/include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h
> index 3e2248ac..95b7888 100644
> --- a/include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h
> +++ b/include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h
> @@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ struct ms_hyperv_info {
> };
> extern struct ms_hyperv_info ms_hyperv;
>
> -extern void __percpu **hyperv_pcpu_input_arg;
> -extern void __percpu **hyperv_pcpu_output_arg;
> +extern void * __percpu *hyperv_pcpu_input_arg;
> +extern void * __percpu *hyperv_pcpu_output_arg;
>
> extern u64 hv_do_hypercall(u64 control, void *inputaddr, void *outputaddr);
> extern u64 hv_do_fast_hypercall8(u16 control, u64 input8);
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>
