+Paul, here is the dependent patch for the list_prev_rcu() patch Madhuparna posted. On Fri, Dec 06, 2019 at 08:46:40PM +0530, madhuparnabhowmik04@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > From: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik04@xxxxxxxxx> > > This patch fixes the following errors: > fs/nfs/dir.c:2353:14: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces): > fs/nfs/dir.c:2353:14: struct list_head [noderef] <asn:4> * > fs/nfs/dir.c:2353:14: struct list_head * > > caused due to directly accessing the prev pointer of > a RCU protected list. > Accessing the pointer using the macro list_prev_rcu() fixes this error. > > Signed-off-by: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik04@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/nfs/dir.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c > index e180033e35cf..2035254cc283 100644 > --- a/fs/nfs/dir.c > +++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c > @@ -2350,7 +2350,7 @@ static int nfs_access_get_cached_rcu(struct inode *inode, const struct cred *cre > rcu_read_lock(); > if (nfsi->cache_validity & NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS) > goto out; > - lh = rcu_dereference(nfsi->access_cache_entry_lru.prev); > + lh = rcu_dereference(list_prev_rcu(&nfsi->access_cache_entry_lru)); > cache = list_entry(lh, struct nfs_access_entry, lru); > if (lh == &nfsi->access_cache_entry_lru || > cred != cache->cred) > -- > 2.17.1 >
