Re: [PATCH] vmw_vsock: bypass false-positive Wnonnull warning with gcc-16

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

Date: Wed Feb 04 2026 - 21:52:37 EST


Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 17:34:00 +0100 you wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> The gcc-16.0.1 snapshot produces a false-positive warning that turns
> into a build failure with CONFIG_WERROR:
>
> In file included from arch/x86/include/asm/string.h:6,
> from net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c:10:
> In function 'vmci_transport_packet_init',
> inlined from '__vmci_transport_send_control_pkt.constprop' at net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c:198:2:
> arch/x86/include/asm/string_32.h:150:25: error: argument 2 null where non-null expected because argument 3 is nonzero [-Werror=nonnull]
> 150 | #define memcpy(t, f, n) __builtin_memcpy(t, f, n)
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c:164:17: note: in expansion of macro 'memcpy'
> 164 | memcpy(&pkt->u.wait, wait, sizeof(pkt->u.wait));
> | ^~~~~~
> arch/x86/include/asm/string_32.h:150:25: note: in a call to built-in function '__builtin_memcpy'
> net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c:164:17: note: in expansion of macro 'memcpy'
> 164 | memcpy(&pkt->u.wait, wait, sizeof(pkt->u.wait));
> | ^~~~~~
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- vmw_vsock: bypass false-positive Wnonnull warning with gcc-16
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/e25dbf561e03

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