Re: [PATCH] rpmsg: Make rpmsg_create_ept() propagate error

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Hi Bjorn,

[auto build test WARNING on next-20170505]
[also build test WARNING on v4.11]
[cannot apply to v4.9-rc8 v4.9-rc7 v4.9-rc6]
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url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Bjorn-Andersson/rpmsg-Make-rpmsg_create_ept-propagate-error/20170509-135640
config: arm-multi_v7_defconfig (attached as .config)
compiler: arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc (Debian 6.1.1-9) 6.1.1 20160705
reproduce:
        wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/01org/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
        chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
        # save the attached .config to linux build tree
        make.cross ARCH=arm 

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

   drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c:227:31: sparse: incorrect type in return expression (different base types)
   drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c:227:31:    expected struct rpmsg_endpoint *
   drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c:227:31:    got long
   drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c: In function '__rpmsg_create_ept':
>> drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c:227:18: warning: passing argument 1 of 'PTR_ERR' makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion]
      return PTR_ERR(-ENOMEM);
                     ^
   In file included from include/linux/rwsem.h:17:0,
                    from include/linux/notifier.h:14,
                    from include/linux/memory_hotplug.h:6,
                    from include/linux/mmzone.h:757,
                    from include/linux/gfp.h:5,
                    from include/linux/kmod.h:22,
                    from include/linux/module.h:13,
                    from drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c:23:
   include/linux/err.h:28:33: note: expected 'const void *' but argument is of type 'int'
    static inline long __must_check PTR_ERR(__force const void *ptr)
                                    ^~~~~~~
>> drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c:227:10: warning: return makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion]
      return PTR_ERR(-ENOMEM);
             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

vim +/PTR_ERR +227 drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c

   211		 */
   212		kfree(ept);
   213	}
   214	
   215	/* for more info, see below documentation of rpmsg_create_ept() */
   216	static struct rpmsg_endpoint *__rpmsg_create_ept(struct virtproc_info *vrp,
   217							 struct rpmsg_device *rpdev,
   218							 rpmsg_rx_cb_t cb,
   219							 void *priv, u32 addr)
   220	{
   221		int id_min, id_max, id;
   222		struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept;
   223		struct device *dev = rpdev ? &rpdev->dev : &vrp->vdev->dev;
   224	
   225		ept = kzalloc(sizeof(*ept), GFP_KERNEL);
   226		if (!ept)
 > 227			return PTR_ERR(-ENOMEM);
   228	
   229		kref_init(&ept->refcount);
   230		mutex_init(&ept->cb_lock);
   231	
   232		ept->rpdev = rpdev;
   233		ept->cb = cb;
   234		ept->priv = priv;
   235		ept->ops = &virtio_endpoint_ops;

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