Re: [trace:tip/perf/core 5/15]kernel/trace/trace_functions.c:79:16: sparse: incorrect type in initializer(different address spaces)

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Sat Mar 02 2013 - 08:13:16 EST


On Sat, 2013-03-02 at 15:41 +0800, kbuild test robot wrote:
> tree: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace.git tip/perf/core
> head: f44f8638e47c89fa5c612a18f324ba6222b69597
> commit: 50b85fe13be0878f13eecd36d1219828ba73316d [5/15] tracing: Replace the static global per_cpu arrays with allocated per_cpu
>
>
> sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)
>
> >> kernel/trace/trace_functions.c:79:16: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
> kernel/trace/trace_functions.c:79:16: expected void const [noderef] <asn:3>*__vpp_verify
> kernel/trace/trace_functions.c:79:16: got struct trace_array_cpu *<noident>
> >> kernel/trace/trace_functions.c:110:16: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
> kernel/trace/trace_functions.c:110:16: expected void const [noderef] <asn:3>*__vpp_verify
> kernel/trace/trace_functions.c:110:16: got struct trace_array_cpu *<noident>

I'm confused to exactly what sparse is complaining about?

It's barfing on every instance of my code that references a dynamically
allocated 'per_cpu' instance. Did I do that wrong?

Hmm, actually it seems to be complaining everywhere but in trace.c which
is where the per_cpu was allocated. Do I need to annotate the trace.h
header to specify (at least to sparse) that the pointer is allocated per
cpu?

-- Steve


> --
> kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c:187:15: sparse: symbol 'ftrace_return_to_handler' was not declared. Should it be static?
> >> kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c:268:16: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
> kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c:268:16: expected void const [noderef] <asn:3>*__vpp_verify
> kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c:268:16: got struct trace_array_cpu *<noident>
> kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c:283:5: sparse: symbol 'trace_graph_thresh_entry' was not declared. Should it be static?
> >> kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c:353:16: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
> kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c:353:16: expected void const [noderef] <asn:3>*__vpp_verify
> kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c:353:16: got struct trace_array_cpu *<noident>
> kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c:372:6: sparse: symbol 'trace_graph_thresh_return' was not declared. Should it be static?
> kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c:1358:6: sparse: symbol 'print_graph_headers' was not declared. Should it be static?
> --
> kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c:24:8: sparse: symbol 'tracing_cpu' was not declared. Should it be static?
> >> kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c:124:17: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
> kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c:124:17: expected void const [noderef] <asn:3>*__vpp_verify
> kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c:124:17: got struct trace_array_cpu *<noident>
> >> kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c:383:16: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
> kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c:383:16: expected void const [noderef] <asn:3>*__vpp_verify
> kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c:383:16: got struct trace_array_cpu *<noident>
> >> kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c:421:16: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
> kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c:421:16: expected void const [noderef] <asn:3>*__vpp_verify
> kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c:421:16: got struct trace_array_cpu *<noident>
> >> kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c:421:16: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
> kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c:421:16: expected void const [noderef] <asn:3>*__vpp_verify
> kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c:421:16: got struct trace_array_cpu *<noident>
> >> kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c:383:16: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
> kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c:383:16: expected void const [noderef] <asn:3>*__vpp_verify
> kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c:383:16: got struct trace_array_cpu *<noident>
> --
> >> kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c:29:29: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
> kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c:29:29: expected void const [noderef] <asn:3>*__vpp_verify
> kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c:29:29: got struct trace_array_cpu *<noident>
> >> kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c:86:29: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
> kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c:86:29: expected void const [noderef] <asn:3>*__vpp_verify
> kernel/trace/trace_kdb.c:86:29: got struct trace_array_cpu *<noident>
> --
> >> kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c:333:40: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
> kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c:333:40: expected void const [noderef] <asn:3>*__vpp_verify
> kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c:333:40: got struct trace_array_cpu *<noident>
> >> kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c:366:16: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
> kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c:366:16: expected void const [noderef] <asn:3>*__vpp_verify
> kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c:366:16: got struct trace_array_cpu *<noident>
> --
> >> kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c:72:16: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
> kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c:72:16: expected void const [noderef] <asn:3>*__vpp_verify
> kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c:72:16: got struct trace_array_cpu *<noident>
> >> kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c:126:16: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
> kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c:126:16: expected void const [noderef] <asn:3>*__vpp_verify
> kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c:126:16: got struct trace_array_cpu *<noident>
> --
> >> kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c:92:17: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
> kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c:92:17: expected void const [noderef] <asn:3>*__vpp_verify
> kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c:92:17: got struct trace_array_cpu *<noident>
> >> kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c:356:20: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
> kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c:356:20: expected void const [noderef] <asn:3>*__vpp_verify
> kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c:356:20: got struct trace_array_cpu *<noident>
> >> kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c:368:16: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
> kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c:368:16: expected void const [noderef] <asn:3>*__vpp_verify
> kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c:368:16: got struct trace_array_cpu *<noident>
> >> kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c:390:21: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
> kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c:390:21: expected void const [noderef] <asn:3>*__vpp_verify
> kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c:390:21: got struct trace_array_cpu *<noident>
> >> kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c:438:20: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
> kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c:438:20: expected void const [noderef] <asn:3>*__vpp_verify
> kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c:438:20: got struct trace_array_cpu *<noident>
> >> kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c:461:16: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
> kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c:461:16: expected void const [noderef] <asn:3>*__vpp_verify
> kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c:461:16: got struct trace_array_cpu *<noident>
> >> kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c:475:21: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
> kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c:475:21: expected void const [noderef] <asn:3>*__vpp_verify
> kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c:475:21: got struct trace_array_cpu *<noident>
>
> vim +79 kernel/trace/trace_functions.c
>
> 73
> 74 bit = trace_test_and_set_recursion(TRACE_FTRACE_START, TRACE_FTRACE_MAX);
> 75 if (bit < 0)
> 76 goto out;
> 77
> 78 cpu = smp_processor_id();
> > 79 data = per_cpu_ptr(tr->data, cpu);
> 80 if (!atomic_read(&data->disabled)) {
> 81 local_save_flags(flags);
> 82 trace_function(tr, ip, parent_ip, flags, pc);
> 83 }
> 84 trace_clear_recursion(bit);
> 85
> 86 out:
> 87 preempt_enable_notrace();
> 88 }
> 89
> 90 static void
> 91 function_stack_trace_call(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
> 92 struct ftrace_ops *op, struct pt_regs *pt_regs)
> 93 {
> 94 struct trace_array *tr = func_trace;
> 95 struct trace_array_cpu *data;
> 96 unsigned long flags;
> 97 long disabled;
> 98 int cpu;
> 99 int pc;
> 100
> 101 if (unlikely(!ftrace_function_enabled))
> 102 return;
> 103
> 104 /*
> 105 * Need to use raw, since this must be called before the
> 106 * recursive protection is performed.
> 107 */
> 108 local_irq_save(flags);
> 109 cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
> > 110 data = per_cpu_ptr(tr->data, cpu);
> 111 disabled = atomic_inc_return(&data->disabled);
> 112
> 113 if (likely(disabled == 1)) {
>
> ---
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