Hi Sriram, Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on wireless-next/main] [also build test WARNING on wireless/main linus/master v5.19 next-20220805] [If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note. And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information] url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Sriram-R/wifi-mac80211-Mesh-Fast-xmit-support/20220807-014055 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless-next.git main config: m68k-randconfig-s043-20220807 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20220807/202208071332.oT3t8RiR-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config) compiler: m68k-linux-gcc (GCC) 12.1.0 reproduce: wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-39-gce1a6720-dirty # https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commit/ba549e3891af7b7e0a64c522618035d995483d54 git remote add linux-review https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux git fetch --no-tags linux-review Sriram-R/wifi-mac80211-Mesh-Fast-xmit-support/20220807-014055 git checkout ba549e3891af7b7e0a64c522618035d995483d54 # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-12.1.0 make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=m68k SHELL=/bin/bash net/mac80211/ If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>) >> net/mac80211/tx.c:3614:13: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces) @@ expected struct sta_info *sta @@ got struct sta_info [noderef] __rcu *[noderef] __rcu next_hop @@ net/mac80211/tx.c:3614:13: sparse: expected struct sta_info *sta net/mac80211/tx.c:3614:13: sparse: got struct sta_info [noderef] __rcu *[noderef] __rcu next_hop >> net/mac80211/tx.c:3615:13: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces) @@ expected struct ieee80211_key *key @@ got struct ieee80211_key [noderef] __rcu *key @@ net/mac80211/tx.c:3615:13: sparse: expected struct ieee80211_key *key net/mac80211/tx.c:3615:13: sparse: got struct ieee80211_key [noderef] __rcu *key net/mac80211/tx.c: note: in included file (through include/linux/bitops.h, include/linux/kernel.h): arch/m68k/include/asm/bitops.h:491:27: sparse: sparse: not addressable arch/m68k/include/asm/bitops.h:491:27: sparse: sparse: not addressable vim +3614 net/mac80211/tx.c 3613 > 3614 sta = entry->mpath->next_hop; > 3615 key = entry->key; 3616 3617 __skb_queue_head_init(&tx.skbs); 3618 3619 tx.flags = IEEE80211_TX_UNICAST; 3620 tx.local = local; 3621 tx.sdata = sdata; 3622 tx.sta = sta; 3623 tx.key = key; 3624 tx.skb = skb; 3625 3626 ieee80211_xmit_fast_finish(sdata, sta, entry->pn_offs, 3627 key, &tx); 3628 3629 __skb_queue_tail(&tx.skbs, skb); 3630 ieee80211_tx_frags(local, &sdata->vif, sta, &tx.skbs, false); 3631 return true; 3632 } 3633 -- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service https://01.org/lkp