On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 9:35 PM, Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > (Pulling sparse list in) > > On Wed, 2014-11-12 at 11:31 +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: >> > tree: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mfleming/efi.git next >> >>> arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c:26:16: sparse: incorrect type in return expression (different modifiers) >> > arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c:26:16: expected struct efi_config const [pure] * >> > arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c:26:16: got struct efi_config *static [toplevel] efi_early >> > >> >> This smells like a sparse bug: __pure applies to functions only, so >> there is no way we could ever return something with the __pure >> modifier attached. That make sense. > > Yes, that warning does look a little strange. > > Christopher, Fengguang, what do you guys think? > Do you get me a small test function that reproduce the error with sparse? We can even add a test case for it. Thanks Chris -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-sparse" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
