Hi Frank,

Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve:

[auto build test WARNING on nfsd/nfsd-next]
[also build test WARNING on nfs/linux-next linus/master v5.6-rc5 next-20200311]
[cannot apply to cel/for-next]
[if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help
improve the system. BTW, we also suggest to use '--base' option to specify the
base tree in git format-patch, please see https://stackoverflow.com/a/37406982]

url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Frank-van-der-Linden/server-side-user-xattr-support-RFC-8276/20200312-064928
base:   git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux.git nfsd-next
reproduce:
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.1-174-g094d5a94-dirty
        make ARCH=x86_64 allmodconfig
        make C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__'

If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag
Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com>


sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)

   fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c:1541:24: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different base types) @@    expected restricted __be32 [assigned] [usertype] status @@    got e] status @@
   fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c:1541:24: sparse:    expected restricted __be32 [assigned] [usertype] status
   fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c:1541:24: sparse:    got int
>> fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c:2122:13: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different base types) @@    expected int ret @@    got restricted __int ret @@
>> fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c:2122:13: sparse:    expected int ret
>> fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c:2122:13: sparse:    got restricted __be32
>> fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c:2129:16: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in return expression (different base types) @@    expected restricted __be32 @@    got be32 @@
>> fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c:2129:16: sparse:    expected restricted __be32
>> fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c:2129:16: sparse:    got int ret
   fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c:2145:13: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different base types) @@    expected int ret @@    got restricted __int ret @@
   fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c:2145:13: sparse:    expected int ret
   fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c:2145:13: sparse:    got restricted __be32
   fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c:2148:24: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in return expression (different base types) @@    expected restricted __be32 @@    got be32 @@
   fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c:2148:24: sparse:    expected restricted __be32
   fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c:2148:24: sparse:    got int ret
   fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c:2165:13: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different base types) @@    expected int ret @@    got restricted __int ret @@
   fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c:2165:13: sparse:    expected int ret
   fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c:2165:13: sparse:    got restricted __be32
   fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c:2171:16: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in return expression (different base types) @@    expected restricted __be32 @@    got be32 @@
   fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c:2171:16: sparse:    expected restricted __be32
   fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c:2171:16: sparse:    got int ret

vim +2122 fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c

  2111	
  2112	static __be32
  2113	nfsd4_setxattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
  2114		   union nfsd4_op_u *u)
  2115	{
  2116		struct nfsd4_setxattr *setxattr = &u->setxattr;
  2117		int ret;
  2118	
  2119		if (opens_in_grace(SVC_NET(rqstp)))
  2120			return nfserr_grace;
  2121	
> 2122		ret = nfsd_setxattr(rqstp, &cstate->current_fh, setxattr->setxa_name,
  2123				    setxattr->setxa_buf, setxattr->setxa_len,
  2124				    setxattr->setxa_flags);
  2125	
  2126		if (!ret)
  2127			set_change_info(&setxattr->setxa_cinfo, &cstate->current_fh);
  2128	
> 2129		return ret;
  2130	}
  2131	

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