On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 12:41:04PM -0500, Alexander Aring wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 12:36 PM Alexander Aring <aahringo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 12:21 PM Alexander Aring <aahringo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 7:46 AM Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 01:41:52PM -0500, Alexander Aring wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I see also: > > > > > > > > > > fs/dlm/midcomms.c:213:1: sparse: sparse: symbol > > > > > '__srcu_struct_nodes_srcu' was not declared. Should it be static? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why not just do this? (Untested. Maybe I don't understand?) > > > > > > > > diff --git a/include/linux/srcutree.h b/include/linux/srcutree.h > > > > index cb1f4351e8ba..a164089abec4 100644 > > > > --- a/include/linux/srcutree.h > > > > +++ b/include/linux/srcutree.h > > > > @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ struct srcu_struct { > > > > #ifdef MODULE > > > > # define __DEFINE_SRCU(name, is_static) \ > > > > is_static struct srcu_struct name; \ > > > > - struct srcu_struct * const __srcu_struct_##name \ > > > > + is_static struct srcu_struct * const __srcu_struct_##name \ > > > > __section("___srcu_struct_ptrs") = &name > > > > #else > > > > # define __DEFINE_SRCU(name, is_static) \ > > > > > > > > > > I tried it and yes it will fix the issue and introduce another one > > > about "is_static struct srcu_struct * const __srcu_struct_##name" is > > > unused ("-Wunused-const-variable"). > > > I added a __maybe_unused after the introduced is_static and it seems > > > to fix the introduced issue, now it compiles and sparse is happy. I am > > > not sure if this is the right fix? > > > > it is obviously unused, but it has something to do with > > "__section("___srcu_struct_ptrs")" and during module loading it, I > > suppose, srcu tries to access it to find whatever needs to be > > registered? > > Sorry, but if this is true then it can't be declared as static... and > we are at the beginning again. Welcome to my world!!! ;-) More seriously, thank you for chasing this down. But would it work to add a declaration just before? Thanx, Paul