Re: [tip:timers/vdso 12/14] net/rds/ib_cm.c:96:35: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different modifiers)

[Linus Torvalds]

On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 at 13:13, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Something like so perhaps, which then mandates the very latest Sparse.

Ack. We want that compiler_tpes.h change for the real compilers that
support __typeof_unqual__ anyway.

Eventually we can just force that everywhere, but as Al pointed out in
another thread, we're not quite there yet (ie we'd need clang-19.0.1
and gcc-8.4 to be able to just switch entirely over to
__typeof_unqual__).

For sparse users, I think we should have the policy that we just don't
support older versions at all, since it just gets too painful.

                 Linus