* FAILED: patch "[PATCH] tracing: Tag trace_percpu_buffer as a percpu pointer" failed to apply to 4.4-stable tree
@ 2022-01-07 10:56 gregkh
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From: gregkh @ 2022-01-07 10:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: naveen.n.rao, lkp, rostedt; +Cc: stable
The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
thanks,
greg k-h
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From f28439db470cca8b6b082239314e9fd10bd39034 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2021 16:04:39 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] tracing: Tag trace_percpu_buffer as a percpu pointer
Tag trace_percpu_buffer as a percpu pointer to resolve warnings
reported by sparse:
/linux/kernel/trace/trace.c:3218:46: warning: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
/linux/kernel/trace/trace.c:3218:46: expected void const [noderef] __percpu *__vpp_verify
/linux/kernel/trace/trace.c:3218:46: got struct trace_buffer_struct *
/linux/kernel/trace/trace.c:3234:9: warning: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
/linux/kernel/trace/trace.c:3234:9: expected void const [noderef] __percpu *__vpp_verify
/linux/kernel/trace/trace.c:3234:9: got int *
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/ebabd3f23101d89cb75671b68b6f819f5edc830b.1640255304.git.naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Fixes: 07d777fe8c398 ("tracing: Add percpu buffers for trace_printk()")
Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index e1f55851e53f..78ea542ce3bc 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -3207,7 +3207,7 @@ struct trace_buffer_struct {
char buffer[4][TRACE_BUF_SIZE];
};
-static struct trace_buffer_struct *trace_percpu_buffer;
+static struct trace_buffer_struct __percpu *trace_percpu_buffer;
/*
* This allows for lockless recording. If we're nested too deeply, then
@@ -3236,7 +3236,7 @@ static void put_trace_buf(void)
static int alloc_percpu_trace_buffer(void)
{
- struct trace_buffer_struct *buffers;
+ struct trace_buffer_struct __percpu *buffers;
if (trace_percpu_buffer)
return 0;
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