Re: [GIT PULL] timer fixes

[Borislav Petkov]

On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 10:24:45AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> If it is causing more trouble than it is worth, then I have not objection
> to taking a different approach.

Well, pretty much every file I tried in the output of

git grep -e '->sighand'

triggers that sparse warning. For example:

$ make C=1 kernel/signal.o

...

kernel/signal.c:195:31: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
kernel/signal.c:195:31:    expected struct spinlock [usertype] *lock
kernel/signal.c:195:31:    got struct spinlock [noderef] __rcu *
kernel/signal.c:198:33: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
kernel/signal.c:198:33:    expected struct spinlock [usertype] *lock
kernel/signal.c:198:33:    got struct spinlock [noderef] __rcu *
kernel/signal.c:480:9: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
kernel/signal.c:480:9:    expected struct spinlock [usertype] *lock
kernel/signal.c:480:9:    got struct spinlock [noderef] __rcu *
kernel/signal.c:484:34: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
kernel/signal.c:484:34:    expected struct spinlock [usertype] *lock
kernel/signal.c:484:34:    got struct spinlock [noderef] __rcu *
kernel/signal.c:517:9: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
kernel/signal.c:517:9:    expected struct spinlock [usertype] *lock
kernel/signal.c:517:9:    got struct spinlock [noderef] __rcu *
kernel/signal.c:520:36: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
kernel/signal.c:520:36:    expected struct spinlock [usertype] *lock
kernel/signal.c:520:36:    got struct spinlock [noderef] __rcu *
kernel/signal.c:542:53: warning: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
kernel/signal.c:542:53:    expected struct k_sigaction *ka
kernel/signal.c:542:53:    got struct k_sigaction [noderef] __rcu *
./include/uapi/asm-generic/signal-defs.h:83:29: error: multiple address spaces given
kernel/signal.c:698:33: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
kernel/signal.c:698:33:    expected struct spinlock [usertype] *lock
kernel/signal.c:698:33:    got struct spinlock [noderef] __rcu *
kernel/signal.c:700:31: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
kernel/signal.c:700:31:    expected struct spinlock [usertype] *lock
kernel/signal.c:700:31:    got struct spinlock [noderef] __rcu *
kernel/signal.c:1328:9: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
kernel/signal.c:1328:9:    expected struct spinlock [usertype] *lock
kernel/signal.c:1328:9:    got struct spinlock [noderef] __rcu *
kernel/signal.c:1329:16: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces)
kernel/signal.c:1329:16:    expected struct k_sigaction *action
kernel/signal.c:1329:16:    got struct k_sigaction [noderef] __rcu *
kernel/signal.c:1349:34: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
kernel/signal.c:1349:34:    expected struct spinlock [usertype] *lock
kernel/signal.c:1349:34:    got struct spinlock [noderef] __rcu *
kernel/signal.c:1938:36: warning: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
kernel/signal.c:1938:36:    expected struct spinlock [usertype] *lock
kernel/signal.c:1938:36:    got struct spinlock [noderef] __rcu *
kernel/signal.c:2048:44: warning: cast removes address space '__rcu' of expression
kernel/signal.c:2067:65: warning: too many warnings

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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