qdisc_sleeping variable is declared as "struct Qdisc __rcu" and
as such needs proper annotation while accessing it.
Without rtnl_dereference(), the following error is generated by sparse:
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/qos.c:377:40: warning:
incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/qos.c:377:40: expected
struct Qdisc *qdisc
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/qos.c:377:40: got struct
Qdisc [noderef] __rcu *qdisc_sleeping
Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@linux.intel.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/1752675472-201445-4-git-send-email-tariqt@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
void mlx5e_reset_qdisc(struct net_device *dev, u16 qid)
{
struct netdev_queue *dev_queue = netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, qid);
- struct Qdisc *qdisc = dev_queue->qdisc_sleeping;
+ struct Qdisc *qdisc = rtnl_dereference(dev_queue->qdisc_sleeping);
if (!qdisc)
return;