[PATCH v1 04/11] KVM: arm64: nVHE: Use NULL to reset the trace buffer backing pointer
Vincent Donnefort
vdonnefort at google.com
Mon Aug 3 03:34:55 PDT 2026
On Mon, Jul 20, 2026 at 05:13:36PM +0100, Fuad Tabba wrote:
> bpages_backing_start is a pointer; resetting it to plain 0 triggers a
> sparse warning.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba at linux.dev>
Probably missed this when modifying the type for bpages_backing_start.
Reviewed-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort at google.com>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/trace.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/trace.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/trace.c
> index e7e150ab265ff..177fe3d8fbb13 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/trace.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/trace.c
> @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static void hyp_trace_buffer_unload_bpage_backing(struct hyp_trace_buffer *trace
>
> __release_host_mem(start, size);
>
> - trace_buffer->bpages_backing_start = 0;
> + trace_buffer->bpages_backing_start = NULL;
> trace_buffer->bpages_backing_size = 0;
> }
>
> --
> 2.39.5
>
--
Vincent
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