The patch titled Subject: mm/memory.c: use NULL instead of literal 0 has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-fix-sparse-use-plain-integer-as-null-pointer.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-fix-sparse-use-plain-integer-as-null-pointer.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-fix-sparse-use-plain-integer-as-null-pointer.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Tobin C Harding <me@xxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/memory.c: use NULL instead of literal 0 Patch fixes sparse warning: Using plain integer as NULL pointer. Replaces assignment of 0 to pointer with NULL assignment. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1485992240-10986-2-git-send-email-me@xxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Tobin C Harding <me@xxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memory.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/memory.c~mm-fix-sparse-use-plain-integer-as-null-pointer mm/memory.c --- a/mm/memory.c~mm-fix-sparse-use-plain-integer-as-null-pointer +++ a/mm/memory.c @@ -2920,7 +2920,7 @@ static int pte_alloc_one_map(struct vm_f atomic_long_inc(&vma->vm_mm->nr_ptes); pmd_populate(vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd, vmf->prealloc_pte); spin_unlock(vmf->ptl); - vmf->prealloc_pte = 0; + vmf->prealloc_pte = NULL; } else if (unlikely(pte_alloc(vma->vm_mm, vmf->pmd, vmf->address))) { return VM_FAULT_OOM; } @@ -2968,7 +2968,7 @@ static void deposit_prealloc_pte(struct * count that as nr_ptes. */ atomic_long_inc(&vma->vm_mm->nr_ptes); - vmf->prealloc_pte = 0; + vmf->prealloc_pte = NULL; } static int do_set_pmd(struct vm_fault *vmf, struct page *page) @@ -3374,7 +3374,7 @@ static int do_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf /* preallocated pagetable is unused: free it */ if (vmf->prealloc_pte) { pte_free(vma->vm_mm, vmf->prealloc_pte); - vmf->prealloc_pte = 0; + vmf->prealloc_pte = NULL; } return ret; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from me@xxxxxxxx are mm-fix-sparse-use-plain-integer-as-null-pointer.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html