Hi Zhen, Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on paulmck-rcu/dev] [also build test WARNING on linus/master v6.0-rc1 next-20220817] [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/Zhen-Lei/rcu-nocb-Delete-local-variable-need_rcu_nocb_mask-in-rcu_init_nohz/20220816-205131 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git dev config: s390-randconfig-s052-20220818 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20220818/202208180612.UVvfRJSR-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config) compiler: s390-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/a1d5079765918764de3ff6e3e63fa2db7f7c14df git remote add linux-review https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux git fetch --no-tags linux-review Zhen-Lei/rcu-nocb-Delete-local-variable-need_rcu_nocb_mask-in-rcu_init_nohz/20220816-205131 git checkout a1d5079765918764de3ff6e3e63fa2db7f7c14df # 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=s390 SHELL=/bin/bash If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>) kernel/rcu/tree.c: note: in included file: >> kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h:1216:17: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different modifiers) @@ expected struct cpumask *cpumask @@ got struct cpumask const * @@ kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h:1216:17: sparse: expected struct cpumask *cpumask kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h:1216:17: sparse: got struct cpumask const * kernel/rcu/tree.c:1032:9: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'rcu_start_this_gp' - different lock contexts for basic block kernel/rcu/tree.c:1413:9: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'rcu_poll_gp_seq_start_unlocked' - different lock contexts for basic block kernel/rcu/tree.c:1428:9: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'rcu_poll_gp_seq_end_unlocked' - different lock contexts for basic block kernel/rcu/tree.c:1544:9: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'rcu_gp_init' - different lock contexts for basic block kernel/rcu/tree.c:2004:1: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'rcu_report_qs_rdp' - different lock contexts for basic block kernel/rcu/tree.c:2186:13: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'rcu_do_batch' - wrong count at exit kernel/rcu/tree.c:2371:9: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'force_qs_rnp' - different lock contexts for basic block kernel/rcu/tree.c:2424:25: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'rcu_force_quiescent_state' - unexpected unlock kernel/rcu/tree.c:2454:30: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'rcu_core' - different lock contexts for basic block kernel/rcu/tree.c: note: in included file: kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:191:9: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in '__rcu_report_exp_rnp' - different lock contexts for basic block kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:1032:9: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'start_poll_synchronize_rcu_expedited' - different lock contexts for basic block kernel/rcu/tree.c: note: in included file: kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h:134:16: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'rcu_nocb_bypass_trylock' - wrong count at exit kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h:151:13: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'rcu_nocb_lock' - wrong count at exit kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h:167:17: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'rcu_nocb_unlock' - unexpected unlock kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h:180:17: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'rcu_nocb_unlock_irqrestore' - unexpected unlock kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h:312:9: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'rcu_nocb_do_flush_bypass' - unexpected unlock kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h:327:13: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'rcu_nocb_flush_bypass' - wrong count at exit kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h:489:13: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in '__call_rcu_nocb_wake' - wrong count at exit kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h:581:9: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'nocb_gp_toggle_rdp' - wrong count at exit kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h:635:9: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'nocb_gp_wait' - different lock contexts for basic block kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h:888:9: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'nocb_cb_wait' - wrong count at exit kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h:1002:9: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'rdp_offload_toggle' - wrong count at exit kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h:1086:34: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'rcu_nocb_rdp_deoffload' - different lock contexts for basic block kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h:1124:13: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'rcu_nocb_rdp_offload' - different lock contexts for basic block vim +1216 kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h 1208 1209 void __init rcu_init_nohz(void) 1210 { 1211 int cpu; 1212 struct rcu_data *rdp; 1213 struct cpumask *cpumask = NULL; 1214 1215 #if defined(CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL) > 1216 cpumask = cpu_possible_mask; 1217 #elif defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL) 1218 if (tick_nohz_full_running && !cpumask_empty(tick_nohz_full_mask)) 1219 cpumask = tick_nohz_full_mask; 1220 #endif 1221 1222 if (cpumask) { 1223 if (!cpumask_available(rcu_nocb_mask)) { 1224 if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&rcu_nocb_mask, GFP_KERNEL)) { 1225 pr_info("rcu_nocb_mask allocation failed, callback offloading disabled.\n"); 1226 return; 1227 } 1228 } 1229 1230 cpumask_or(rcu_nocb_mask, rcu_nocb_mask, cpumask); 1231 } 1232 1233 if (!cpumask_available(rcu_nocb_mask)) 1234 return; 1235 1236 if (!cpumask_subset(rcu_nocb_mask, cpu_possible_mask)) { 1237 pr_info("\tNote: kernel parameter 'rcu_nocbs=', 'nohz_full', or 'isolcpus=' contains nonexistent CPUs.\n"); 1238 cpumask_and(rcu_nocb_mask, cpu_possible_mask, 1239 rcu_nocb_mask); 1240 } 1241 if (cpumask_empty(rcu_nocb_mask)) 1242 pr_info("\tOffload RCU callbacks from CPUs: (none).\n"); 1243 else 1244 pr_info("\tOffload RCU callbacks from CPUs: %*pbl.\n", 1245 cpumask_pr_args(rcu_nocb_mask)); 1246 if (rcu_nocb_poll) 1247 pr_info("\tPoll for callbacks from no-CBs CPUs.\n"); 1248 1249 for_each_cpu(cpu, rcu_nocb_mask) { 1250 rdp = per_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data, cpu); 1251 if (rcu_segcblist_empty(&rdp->cblist)) 1252 rcu_segcblist_init(&rdp->cblist); 1253 rcu_segcblist_offload(&rdp->cblist, true); 1254 rcu_segcblist_set_flags(&rdp->cblist, SEGCBLIST_KTHREAD_CB | SEGCBLIST_KTHREAD_GP); 1255 rcu_segcblist_clear_flags(&rdp->cblist, SEGCBLIST_RCU_CORE); 1256 } 1257 rcu_organize_nocb_kthreads(); 1258 } 1259 -- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service https://01.org/lkp