Hi Huaixin, Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on tip/sched/core] [also build test WARNING on tip/master linux/master linus/master v5.11-rc4 next-20210120] [If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note. And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Huaixin-Chang/sched-fair-Introduce-primitives-for-CFS-bandwidth-burst/20210120-212731 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git 65bcf072e20ed7597caa902f170f293662b0af3c config: x86_64-randconfig-s022-20210120 (attached as .config) compiler: gcc-9 (Debian 9.3.0-15) 9.3.0 reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.3-208-g46a52ca4-dirty # https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commit/a62cc8421988be29990ad86e33e877fb8776f8bd git remote add linux-review https://github.com/0day-ci/linux git fetch --no-tags linux-review Huaixin-Chang/sched-fair-Introduce-primitives-for-CFS-bandwidth-burst/20210120-212731 git checkout a62cc8421988be29990ad86e33e877fb8776f8bd # save the attached .config to linux build tree make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' ARCH=x86_64 If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate Reported-by: kernel test robot "sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)" kernel/sched/fair.c:879:34: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces) @@ expected struct sched_entity *se @@ got struct sched_entity [noderef] __rcu * @@ kernel/sched/fair.c:879:34: sparse: expected struct sched_entity *se kernel/sched/fair.c:879:34: sparse: got struct sched_entity [noderef] __rcu * kernel/sched/fair.c:2523:13: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces) @@ expected struct task_struct *tsk @@ got struct task_struct [noderef] __rcu * @@ kernel/sched/fair.c:2523:13: sparse: expected struct task_struct *tsk kernel/sched/fair.c:2523:13: sparse: got struct task_struct [noderef] __rcu * kernel/sched/fair.c:10660:9: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces) @@ expected struct sched_domain *[assigned] sd @@ got struct sched_domain [noderef] __rcu *parent @@ kernel/sched/fair.c:10660:9: sparse: expected struct sched_domain *[assigned] sd kernel/sched/fair.c:10660:9: sparse: got struct sched_domain [noderef] __rcu *parent >> kernel/sched/fair.c:4623:6: sparse: sparse: symbol '__refill_cfs_bandwidth_runtime' was not declared. Should it be static? kernel/sched/fair.c:4937:22: sparse: sparse: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces): kernel/sched/fair.c:4937:22: sparse: struct task_struct [noderef] __rcu * kernel/sched/fair.c:4937:22: sparse: struct task_struct * kernel/sched/fair.c:5480:38: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces) @@ expected struct task_struct *curr @@ got struct task_struct [noderef] __rcu *curr @@ kernel/sched/fair.c:5480:38: sparse: expected struct task_struct *curr kernel/sched/fair.c:5480:38: sparse: got struct task_struct [noderef] __rcu *curr kernel/sched/fair.c:6668:20: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces) @@ expected struct sched_domain *[assigned] sd @@ got struct sched_domain [noderef] __rcu *parent @@ kernel/sched/fair.c:6668:20: sparse: expected struct sched_domain *[assigned] sd kernel/sched/fair.c:6668:20: sparse: got struct sched_domain [noderef] __rcu *parent kernel/sched/fair.c:6790:9: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces) @@ expected struct sched_domain *[assigned] tmp @@ got struct sched_domain [noderef] __rcu *parent @@ kernel/sched/fair.c:6790:9: sparse: expected struct sched_domain *[assigned] tmp kernel/sched/fair.c:6790:9: sparse: got struct sched_domain [noderef] __rcu *parent kernel/sched/fair.c:6988:38: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces) @@ expected struct task_struct *curr @@ got struct task_struct [noderef] __rcu *curr @@ kernel/sched/fair.c:6988:38: sparse: expected struct task_struct *curr kernel/sched/fair.c:6988:38: sparse: got struct task_struct [noderef] __rcu *curr kernel/sched/fair.c:7239:38: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces) @@ expected struct task_struct *curr @@ got struct task_struct [noderef] __rcu *curr @@ kernel/sched/fair.c:7239:38: sparse: expected struct task_struct *curr kernel/sched/fair.c:7239:38: sparse: got struct task_struct [noderef] __rcu *curr kernel/sched/fair.c:8210:40: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces) @@ expected struct sched_domain *child @@ got struct sched_domain [noderef] __rcu *child @@ kernel/sched/fair.c:8210:40: sparse: expected struct sched_domain *child kernel/sched/fair.c:8210:40: sparse: got struct sched_domain [noderef] __rcu *child kernel/sched/fair.c:8703:22: sparse: sparse: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces): kernel/sched/fair.c:8703:22: sparse: struct task_struct [noderef] __rcu * kernel/sched/fair.c:8703:22: sparse: struct task_struct * kernel/sched/fair.c:9979:9: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces) @@ expected struct sched_domain *[assigned] sd @@ got struct sched_domain [noderef] __rcu *parent @@ kernel/sched/fair.c:9979:9: sparse: expected struct sched_domain *[assigned] sd kernel/sched/fair.c:9979:9: sparse: got struct sched_domain [noderef] __rcu *parent kernel/sched/fair.c:9635:44: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces) @@ expected struct sched_domain *sd_parent @@ got struct sched_domain [noderef] __rcu *parent @@ kernel/sched/fair.c:9635:44: sparse: expected struct sched_domain *sd_parent kernel/sched/fair.c:9635:44: sparse: got struct sched_domain [noderef] __rcu *parent kernel/sched/fair.c:10057:9: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces) @@ expected struct sched_domain *[assigned] sd @@ got struct sched_domain [noderef] __rcu *parent @@ kernel/sched/fair.c:10057:9: sparse: expected struct sched_domain *[assigned] sd kernel/sched/fair.c:10057:9: sparse: got struct sched_domain [noderef] __rcu *parent kernel/sched/fair.c:2467:9: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'task_numa_placement' - different lock contexts for basic block kernel/sched/fair.c:4593:31: sparse: sparse: marked inline, but without a definition kernel/sched/fair.c: note: in included file: kernel/sched/sched.h:1724:25: sparse: sparse: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces): kernel/sched/sched.h:1724:25: sparse: struct task_struct [noderef] __rcu * kernel/sched/sched.h:1724:25: sparse: struct task_struct * kernel/sched/sched.h:1879:9: sparse: sparse: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces): kernel/sched/sched.h:1879:9: sparse: struct task_struct [noderef] __rcu * kernel/sched/sched.h:1879:9: sparse: struct task_struct * kernel/sched/sched.h:1724:25: sparse: sparse: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces): kernel/sched/sched.h:1724:25: sparse: struct task_struct [noderef] __rcu * kernel/sched/sched.h:1724:25: sparse: struct task_struct * kernel/sched/sched.h:1724:25: sparse: sparse: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces): kernel/sched/sched.h:1724:25: sparse: struct task_struct [noderef] __rcu * kernel/sched/sched.h:1724:25: sparse: struct task_struct * Please review and possibly fold the followup patch. --- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service, Intel Corporation https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-all@lists.01.org