Re: [PATCH 1/8] mm: implement cleancache

From: Suren Baghdasaryan

Date: Fri Oct 10 2025 - 17:44:24 EST


On Fri, Oct 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Suren,
>
> kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:
>
> [auto build test ERROR on 70478cb9da6fc4e7b987219173ba1681d5f7dd3d]
>
> url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Suren-Baghdasaryan/mm-implement-cleancache/20251010-134501
> base: 70478cb9da6fc4e7b987219173ba1681d5f7dd3d
> patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251010011951.2136980-2-surenb%40google.com
> patch subject: [PATCH 1/8] mm: implement cleancache
> config: loongarch-allmodconfig (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251011/202510110501.92Srmvgx-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
> compiler: clang version 19.1.7 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project cd708029e0b2869e80abe31ddb175f7c35361f90)
> reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251011/202510110501.92Srmvgx-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/reproduce)
>
> If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
> the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
> | Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202510110501.92Srmvgx-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
>
> All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):
>
> >> mm/cleancache.c:119:13: error: casting from randomized structure pointer type 'struct address_space *' to 'struct cleancache_inode *'
> 119 | *ccinode = (struct cleancache_inode *)folio->mapping;
> | ^
> 1 error generated.

Matthew's suggestion to use unions for members with multiple uses will
remove the need for typecasting and should solve this issue.

>
>
> vim +119 mm/cleancache.c
>
> 113
> 114 static void folio_attachment(struct folio *folio, struct cleancache_inode **ccinode,
> 115 unsigned long *offset)
> 116 {
> 117 lockdep_assert_held(&(folio_pool(folio)->lock));
> 118
> > 119 *ccinode = (struct cleancache_inode *)folio->mapping;
> 120 *offset = folio->index;
> 121 }
> 122
>
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