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... 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(a)intel.com&gt; 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: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 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 2130 } 2131 --- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service, Intel Corporation https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-all@lists.01.org