sparse rightfully complains: bugs.c:71:9: sparse: warning: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces) bugs.c:71:9: sparse: expected void const [noderef] __percpu *__vpp_verify bugs.c:71:9: sparse: got unsigned long long * The reason is that x86_spec_ctrl_current which is a per CPU variable is exported with EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(). Use EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL() instead. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(x86_spec_ctrl_base); /* The current value of the SPEC_CTRL MSR with task-specific bits set */ DEFINE_PER_CPU(u64, x86_spec_ctrl_current); -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(x86_spec_ctrl_current); +EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(x86_spec_ctrl_current); u64 x86_pred_cmd __ro_after_init = PRED_CMD_IBPB; EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(x86_pred_cmd);
