[PATCH v6 05/11] tracing: wprobe: Fix to use IS_ERR_PCPU() for per-cpu pointer

From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google)

Date: Wed Jan 28 2026 - 09:12:40 EST


From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>

Since wprobe uses IS_ERR() for per-cpu pointer, it failed to build.

/tmp/next/build/kernel/trace/trace_wprobe.c: In function '__register_trace_wprobe':
/tmp/next/build/kernel/trace/trace_wprobe.c:176:20: error: cast to generic address space pointer from disjoint '__seg_gs' address space pointer [-Werror]
176 | if (IS_ERR((void * __force)tw->bp_event)) {
| ^
/tmp/next/build/kernel/trace/trace_wprobe.c:177:35: error: cast to generic address space pointer from disjoint '__seg_gs' address space pointer [-Werror]
177 | int ret = PTR_ERR((void * __force)tw->bp_event);
| ^

Use IS_ERR_PCPU() instead.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/175979899246.1800846.1725245135731182727.stgit@devnote2/

Reported-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aN6fTmAjD7-SJsw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Menglong Dong <menglong8.dong@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace_wprobe.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_wprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_wprobe.c
index 4b00a8e917c1..98605b207f43 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_wprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_wprobe.c
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ static int __register_trace_wprobe(struct trace_wprobe *tw)
attr.bp_type = tw->type;

tw->bp_event = register_wide_hw_breakpoint(&attr, wprobe_perf_handler, tw);
- if (IS_ERR((void * __force)tw->bp_event)) {
- int ret = PTR_ERR((void * __force)tw->bp_event);
+ if (IS_ERR_PCPU(tw->bp_event)) {
+ int ret = PTR_ERR_PCPU(tw->bp_event);

tw->bp_event = NULL;
return ret;