The patch titled Subject: kernel/profile.c: use cpumask_available to check for NULL cpumask has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was kernel-profile-use-cpumask_available-to-check-for-null-cpumask.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: kernel/profile.c: use cpumask_available to check for NULL cpumask When building with clang + -Wtautological-pointer-compare, these instances pop up: kernel/profile.c:339:6: warning: comparison of array 'prof_cpu_mask' not equal to a null pointer is always true [-Wtautological-pointer-compare] if (prof_cpu_mask != NULL) ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ kernel/profile.c:376:6: warning: comparison of array 'prof_cpu_mask' not equal to a null pointer is always true [-Wtautological-pointer-compare] if (prof_cpu_mask != NULL) ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ kernel/profile.c:406:26: warning: comparison of array 'prof_cpu_mask' not equal to a null pointer is always true [-Wtautological-pointer-compare] if (!user_mode(regs) && prof_cpu_mask != NULL && ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ 3 warnings generated. This can be addressed with the cpumask_available helper, introduced in commit f7e30f01a9e2 ("cpumask: Add helper cpumask_available()") to fix warnings like this while keeping the code the same. Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/747 Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191022191957.9554-1-natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/profile.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/profile.c~kernel-profile-use-cpumask_available-to-check-for-null-cpumask +++ a/kernel/profile.c @@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ static int profile_dead_cpu(unsigned int struct page *page; int i; - if (prof_cpu_mask != NULL) + if (cpumask_available(prof_cpu_mask)) cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, prof_cpu_mask); for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) { @@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ static int profile_prepare_cpu(unsigned static int profile_online_cpu(unsigned int cpu) { - if (prof_cpu_mask != NULL) + if (cpumask_available(prof_cpu_mask)) cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, prof_cpu_mask); return 0; @@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ void profile_tick(int type) { struct pt_regs *regs = get_irq_regs(); - if (!user_mode(regs) && prof_cpu_mask != NULL && + if (!user_mode(regs) && cpumask_available(prof_cpu_mask) && cpumask_test_cpu(smp_processor_id(), prof_cpu_mask)) profile_hit(type, (void *)profile_pc(regs)); } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx are