Commit-ID:  43b9e4febc66b98d83cc1560196d56ac7fef3c32
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/43b9e4febc66b98d83cc1560196d56ac7fef3c32
Author:     Mukesh Ojha <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 14:43:32 +0530
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
CommitDate: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 15:01:48 +0100

perf/core: Declare the __percpu attribute on non-deref types

Sparse reports the current declaration of two perf percpu variables
with this warning:

  warning: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
         expected void const [noderef] <asn:3>*__vpp_verify
         got struct perf_cpu_context *<noident>

While it's normally perfectly fine to place GCC attributes anywhere
in the definition, this particular attribute is for a checking
compiler's such as Sparse's benefit, which doesn't want __percpu
on pointers.

So reorder the attribute to come after the structure type, not after
the pointer type.

[ mingo: Rewrote the changelog. ]

Signed-off-by: Mukesh Ojha <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[email protected]>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Link: 
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
---
 include/linux/perf_event.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 53c500f0ca79..1d5c551a5add 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ struct pmu {
         */
        int                             capabilities;
 
-       int * __percpu                  pmu_disable_count;
-       struct perf_cpu_context * __percpu pmu_cpu_context;
+       int __percpu                    *pmu_disable_count;
+       struct perf_cpu_context __percpu *pmu_cpu_context;
        atomic_t                        exclusive_cnt; /* < 0: cpu; > 0: tsk */
        int                             task_ctx_nr;
        int                             hrtimer_interval_ms;

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