Compiling nf_tables_api.c results in several sparse warnings: nf_tables_api.c:2740:23: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces) nf_tables_api.c:2752:38: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces) nf_tables_api.c:2798:21: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces) Add __percpu annotation to *stats pointer to fix these warnings. Found by GCC's named address space checks. There were no changes in the resulting object files. Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c index 481ee78e77bc..805227131f10 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c @@ -2642,7 +2642,7 @@ static int nf_tables_updchain(struct nft_ctx *ctx, u8 genmask, u8 policy, struct nft_table *table = ctx->table; struct nft_chain *chain = ctx->chain; struct nft_chain_hook hook = {}; - struct nft_stats *stats = NULL; + struct nft_stats __percpu *stats = NULL; struct nft_hook *h, *next; struct nf_hook_ops *ops; struct nft_trans *trans; -- 2.45.2