From: Leon Romanovsky qdisc_sleeping variable is declared as "struct Qdisc __rcu" and as such needs proper annotation while accessing it. Without rtnl_dereference(), the following error is generated by sparse: drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/qos.c:377:40: warning: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces) drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/qos.c:377:40: expected struct Qdisc *qdisc drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/qos.c:377:40: got struct Qdisc [noderef] __rcu *qdisc_sleeping Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan --- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/qos.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/qos.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/qos.c index f0744a45db92..4e461cb03b83 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/qos.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/qos.c @@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ void mlx5e_reactivate_qos_sq(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, u16 qid, struct netdev_que void mlx5e_reset_qdisc(struct net_device *dev, u16 qid) { struct netdev_queue *dev_queue = netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, qid); - struct Qdisc *qdisc = dev_queue->qdisc_sleeping; + struct Qdisc *qdisc = rtnl_dereference(dev_queue->qdisc_sleeping); if (!qdisc) return; -- 2.40.1