[PATCH v4 04/11] KVM: arm64: nVHE: Use NULL to reset the trace buffer backing pointer

From: Fuad Tabba

Date: Tue Sep 01 2026 - 10:18:11 EST


bpages_backing_start is a pointer; resetting it to plain 0 triggers a
sparse warning.

No functional change intended.

Reviewed-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/trace.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/trace.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/trace.c
index 65be6c9fb379d..5437ebb6dbd67 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/trace.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/trace.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static void hyp_trace_buffer_unload_bpage_backing(struct hyp_trace_buffer *trace

__release_host_mem(start, size);

- trace_buffer->bpages_backing_start = 0;
+ trace_buffer->bpages_backing_start = NULL;
trace_buffer->bpages_backing_size = 0;
}

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