Hi Vladimir, I love your patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on net-next/master] [also build test WARNING on linus/master v5.6-rc7 next-20200327] [if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improve the system. BTW, we also suggest to use '--base' option to specify the base tree in git format-patch, please see https://stackoverflow.com/a/37406982] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Vladimir-Oltean/Configure-the-MT... base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git 92b7e62e5630a370955a4760bbeb3967457034ec reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.1-187-gbff9b106-dirty make ARCH=x86_64 allmodconfig make C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' :::::: branch date: 17 hours ago :::::: commit date: 17 hours ago If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp(a)intel.com&gt; net/dsa/slave.c:506:13: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces) @@ expected void const [noderef] <asn:3> *__vpp_verify @@ got const [noderef] <asn:3> *__vpp_verify @@ net/dsa/slave.c:506:13: sparse: expected void const [noderef] <asn:3> *__vpp_verify net/dsa/slave.c:506:13: sparse: got struct pcpu_sw_netstats * net/dsa/slave.c:640:21: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces) @@ expected void const [noderef] <asn:3> *__vpp_verify @@ got const [noderef] <asn:3> *__vpp_verify @@ net/dsa/slave.c:640:21: sparse: expected void const [noderef] <asn:3> *__vpp_verify net/dsa/slave.c:640:21: sparse: got struct pcpu_sw_netstats * net/dsa/slave.c:1106:21: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces) @@ expected void const [noderef] <asn:3> *__vpp_verify @@ got const [noderef] <asn:3> *__vpp_verify @@ net/dsa/slave.c:1106:21: sparse: expected void const [noderef] <asn:3> *__vpp_verify net/dsa/slave.c:1106:21: sparse: got struct pcpu_sw_netstats * net/dsa/slave.c:1682:20: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces) @@ expected struct pcpu_sw_netstats *stats64 @@ got struct pcpu_sw_netstruct pcpu_sw_netstats *stats64 @@ net/dsa/slave.c:1682:20: sparse: expected struct pcpu_sw_netstats *stats64 net/dsa/slave.c:1682:20: sparse: got struct pcpu_sw_netstats [noderef] <asn:3> *pcpu_stats net/dsa/slave.c:1726:22: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces) @@ expected void [noderef] <asn:3> *__pdata @@ got svoid [noderef] <asn:3> *__pdata @@ net/dsa/slave.c:1726:22: sparse: expected void [noderef] <asn:3> *__pdata net/dsa/slave.c:1726:22: sparse: got struct pcpu_sw_netstats *stats64 net/dsa/slave.c:1745:22: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces) @@ expected void [noderef] <asn:3> *__pdata @@ got svoid [noderef] <asn:3> *__pdata @@ net/dsa/slave.c:1745:22: sparse: expected void [noderef] <asn:3> *__pdata net/dsa/slave.c:1745:22: sparse: got struct pcpu_sw_netstats *stats64 Please review and possibly fold the followup patch. --- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service, Intel Corporation https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-all@lists.01.org