Re: [PATCH net] psp: use unrcu_pointer() for the cmpxchg() on netdev psp_dev

From: Daniel Zahka

Date: Thu Aug 13 2026 - 15:57:55 EST




On 8/13/26 3:34 PM, Wei Wang wrote:
From: Wei Wang <weibunny@xxxxxx>

sparse reports:

net/psp/psp_nl.c:513:13: sparse: sparse: cast removes address space
'__rcu' of expression

cmpxchg() returns typeof(*ptr) and its internal casts strip the __rcu
annotation. Wrap it in unrcu_pointer(), the documented way to use an
__rcu pointer with xchg() and friends.

This was introduced by commit 06c2dce2d0f6 ("psp: add new netlink cmd
for dev-assoc and dev-disassoc").

No functional change intended.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202608080910.l9KvOH7O-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Wei Wang <weibunny@xxxxxx>
Commits targeting the net tree need a fixes tag.