Re: [PATCH V4 4/8] mm/slab: abstract slabobj_ext access via new slab_obj_ext() helper

From: kernel test robot

Date: Mon Dec 22 2025 - 18:37:53 EST


Hi Harry,

kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:

[auto build test ERROR on akpm-mm/mm-everything]

url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Harry-Yoo/mm-slab-use-unsigned-long-for-orig_size-to-ensure-proper-metadata-align/20251222-191144
base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm.git mm-everything
patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251222110843.980347-5-harry.yoo%40oracle.com
patch subject: [PATCH V4 4/8] mm/slab: abstract slabobj_ext access via new slab_obj_ext() helper
config: x86_64-buildonly-randconfig-001-20251223 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251223/202512230850.bBE4pAZ5-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
compiler: clang version 20.1.8 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 87f0227cb60147a26a1eeb4fb06e3b505e9c7261)
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251223/202512230850.bBE4pAZ5-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202512230850.bBE4pAZ5-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> mm/slub.c:2056:33: error: passing 'union codetag_ref' to parameter of incompatible type 'union codetag_ref *'; take the address with &
2056 | if (unlikely(is_codetag_empty(ext->ref)))
| ^~~~~~~~
| &
include/linux/compiler.h:47:41: note: expanded from macro 'unlikely'
47 | # define unlikely(x) (__branch_check__(x, 0, __builtin_constant_p(x)))
| ^
include/linux/compiler.h:32:34: note: expanded from macro '__branch_check__'
32 | ______r = __builtin_expect(!!(x), expect); \
| ^
include/linux/alloc_tag.h:52:56: note: passing argument to parameter 'ref' here
52 | static inline bool is_codetag_empty(union codetag_ref *ref)
| ^
>> mm/slub.c:2056:33: error: passing 'union codetag_ref' to parameter of incompatible type 'union codetag_ref *'; take the address with &
2056 | if (unlikely(is_codetag_empty(ext->ref)))
| ^~~~~~~~
| &
include/linux/compiler.h:47:68: note: expanded from macro 'unlikely'
47 | # define unlikely(x) (__branch_check__(x, 0, __builtin_constant_p(x)))
| ^
include/linux/compiler.h:34:19: note: expanded from macro '__branch_check__'
34 | expect, is_constant); \
| ^~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/alloc_tag.h:52:56: note: passing argument to parameter 'ref' here
52 | static inline bool is_codetag_empty(union codetag_ref *ref)
| ^
2 errors generated.


vim +2056 mm/slub.c

2042
2043 static inline void mark_objexts_empty(struct slabobj_ext *obj_exts)
2044 {
2045 unsigned long slab_exts;
2046 struct slab *obj_exts_slab;
2047
2048 obj_exts_slab = virt_to_slab(obj_exts);
2049 slab_exts = slab_obj_exts(obj_exts_slab);
2050 if (slab_exts) {
2051 unsigned int offs = obj_to_index(obj_exts_slab->slab_cache,
2052 obj_exts_slab, obj_exts);
2053 struct slabobj_ext *ext = slab_obj_ext(obj_exts_slab,
2054 slab_exts, offs);
2055
> 2056 if (unlikely(is_codetag_empty(ext->ref)))
2057 return;
2058
2059 /* codetag should be NULL here */
2060 WARN_ON(ext->ref.ct);
2061 set_codetag_empty(&ext->ref);
2062 }
2063 }
2064

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