[PATCH v2] mailbox: zynqmp: Remove invalid __percpu annotation in zynqmp_ipi_probe()

[Michal Simek]

On 12/14/24 10:12, Uros Bizjak wrote:
> struct zynqmp_ipi_pdata __percpu *pdata is not a per-cpu variable,
> so it should not be annotated with __percpu annotation.
> 
> Remove invalid __percpu annotation to fix several
> 
> zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c:920:15: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces)
> zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c:920:15:    expected struct zynqmp_ipi_pdata [noderef] __percpu *pdata
> zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c:920:15:    got void *
> zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c:927:56: warning: incorrect type in argument 3 (different address spaces)
> zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c:927:56:    expected unsigned int [usertype] *out_value
> zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c:927:56:    got unsigned int [noderef] __percpu *
> ...
> 
> and several
> 
> drivers/mailbox/zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c:924:9: warning: dereference of noderef expression
> ...
> 
> sparse warnings.
> 
> There were no changes in the resulting object file.
> 
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> Fixes: 6ffb1635341b ("mailbox: zynqmp: handle SGI for shared IPI")
> Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak at gmail.com>
> Cc: Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar at gmail.com>
> Cc: Michal Simek <michal.simek at amd.com>
> Cc: Tanmay Shah <tanmay.shah at amd.com>
> ---
> v2: - Fix typo in commit message
>      - Add Fixes and Cc: stable.
> ---
>   drivers/mailbox/zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c
> index aa5249da59b2..0c143beaafda 100644
> --- a/drivers/mailbox/zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c
> +++ b/drivers/mailbox/zynqmp-ipi-mailbox.c
> @@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ static int zynqmp_ipi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>   {
>   	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
>   	struct device_node *nc, *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
> -	struct zynqmp_ipi_pdata __percpu *pdata;
> +	struct zynqmp_ipi_pdata *pdata;
>   	struct of_phandle_args out_irq;
>   	struct zynqmp_ipi_mbox *mbox;
>   	int num_mboxes, ret = -EINVAL;

Tanmay: Please take a look

I think this patch is correct. Pdata structure is allocated only once not for 
every CPU and marking here is not correct. Information from zynqmp_ipi_pdata are 
likely fixed and the same for every CPU. Only IRQ handling is done per cpu basis 
but that's it.

Reviewed-by: Michal Simek <michal.simek at amd.com>

Thanks,
Michal