[kbuild-all] Re: [linux-iv:review/v5-viresh-cppc-counters 1/2] drivers/base/arch_topology.c:133:17: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)

tree: https://git.gitlab.arm.com/linux-arm/linux-iv.git review/v5-viresh-cppc-counters head: 7e9e155411e1181c6b4eb5615568693fbed7b264 commit: a7d9b7cc83c6f04b1e33b4b1b6dc76fc6c36c1ab [1/2] topology: Allow multiple entities to provide sched_freq_tick() callback config: arm64-randconfig-s032-20210309 (attached as .config) compiler: aarch64-linux-gcc (GCC) 9.3.0 reproduce: wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.3-262-g5e674421-dirty git remote add linux-iv https://git.gitlab.arm.com/linux-arm/linux-iv.git git fetch --no-tags linux-iv review/v5-viresh-cppc-counters git checkout a7d9b7cc83c6f04b1e33b4b1b6dc76fc6c36c1ab # save the attached .config to linux build tree COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-9.3.0 make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' ARCH=arm64 If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp(a)intel.com&gt; "sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)" >> drivers/base/arch_topology.c:133:17: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces) @@ expected void const [noderef] __percpu *__vpp_verify @@ got unsigned long * @@ drivers/base/arch_topology.c:133:17: sparse: expected void const [noderef] __percpu *__vpp_verify drivers/base/arch_topology.c:133:17: sparse: got unsigned long * vim +133 drivers/base/arch_topology.c 2ef7a2953c81ee Juri Lelli 2017-05-31 112 a20b7053b5c47c Ionela Voinescu 2020-09-24 113 void topology_set_freq_scale(const struct cpumask *cpus, unsigned long cur_freq, 0e27c567d16731 Dietmar Eggemann 2017-09-26 114 unsigned long max_freq) 2ef7a2953c81ee Juri Lelli 2017-05-31 115 { 0e27c567d16731 Dietmar Eggemann 2017-09-26 116 unsigned long scale; 0e27c567d16731 Dietmar Eggemann 2017-09-26 117 int i; 0e27c567d16731 Dietmar Eggemann 2017-09-26 118 0a10d3fe3e5c60 Ionela Voinescu 2020-09-01 119 if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!cur_freq || !max_freq)) 0a10d3fe3e5c60 Ionela Voinescu 2020-09-01 120 return; 0a10d3fe3e5c60 Ionela Voinescu 2020-09-01 121 cd0ed03a8903a0 Ionela Voinescu 2020-03-05 122 /* cd0ed03a8903a0 Ionela Voinescu 2020-03-05 123 * If the use of counters for FIE is enabled, just return as we don't cd0ed03a8903a0 Ionela Voinescu 2020-03-05 124 * want to update the scale factor with information from CPUFREQ. cd0ed03a8903a0 Ionela Voinescu 2020-03-05 125 * Instead the scale factor will be updated from arch_scale_freq_tick. cd0ed03a8903a0 Ionela Voinescu 2020-03-05 126 */ a7d9b7cc83c6f0 Viresh Kumar 2021-03-01 127 if (supports_scale_freq_counters(cpus)) cd0ed03a8903a0 Ionela Voinescu 2020-03-05 128 return; cd0ed03a8903a0 Ionela Voinescu 2020-03-05 129 0e27c567d16731 Dietmar Eggemann 2017-09-26 130 scale = (cur_freq << SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT) / max_freq; 0e27c567d16731 Dietmar Eggemann 2017-09-26 131 0e27c567d16731 Dietmar Eggemann 2017-09-26 132 for_each_cpu(i, cpus) 0e27c567d16731 Dietmar Eggemann 2017-09-26 @133 per_cpu(freq_scale, i) = scale;