[Linux-kernel-mentees] [PATCH 2/2] fs: nfs: dir.c: Fix sparse error

Joel Fernandes joel at joelfernandes.org
Fri Dec 6 16:00:02 UTC 2019


+Paul, here is the dependent patch for the list_prev_rcu() patch Madhuparna
posted.

On Fri, Dec 06, 2019 at 08:46:40PM +0530, madhuparnabhowmik04 at gmail.com wrote:
> From: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik04 at gmail.com>
> 
> This patch fixes the following errors:
> fs/nfs/dir.c:2353:14: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces):
> fs/nfs/dir.c:2353:14:    struct list_head [noderef] <asn:4> *
> fs/nfs/dir.c:2353:14:    struct list_head *
> 
> caused due to directly accessing the prev pointer of
> a RCU protected list.
> Accessing the pointer using the macro list_prev_rcu() fixes this error.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik04 at gmail.com>
> ---
>  fs/nfs/dir.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
> index e180033e35cf..2035254cc283 100644
> --- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
> @@ -2350,7 +2350,7 @@ static int nfs_access_get_cached_rcu(struct inode *inode, const struct cred *cre
>  	rcu_read_lock();
>  	if (nfsi->cache_validity & NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS)
>  		goto out;
> -	lh = rcu_dereference(nfsi->access_cache_entry_lru.prev);
> +	lh = rcu_dereference(list_prev_rcu(&nfsi->access_cache_entry_lru));
>  	cache = list_entry(lh, struct nfs_access_entry, lru);
>  	if (lh == &nfsi->access_cache_entry_lru ||
>  	    cred != cache->cred)
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 


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