On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 10:40:04AM -0800, Nuno Das Neves wrote: > On 1/14/2026 9:01 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > From: Michael Kelley <[email protected]> > > > > vfs_poll() returns a result of type __poll_t, but current code is using > > an "unsigned int" local variable. The difference is that __poll_t carries > > the "bitwise" attribute. This attribute is not interpreted by the C > > compiler; it is only used by 'sparse' to flag incorrect usage of the > > return value. The return value is used correctly here, so there's no > > bug, but sparse complains about the type mismatch. > > > > In the interest of general correctness and to avoid noise from sparse, > > change the local variable to type __poll_t. No functional change. > > > > Reported-by: kernel test robot <[email protected]> > > Closes: > > https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/[email protected]/ > > Signed-off-by: Michael Kelley <[email protected]> > > --- > > This change is not marked with a Fixes: tag as there's no value in > > backporting to older stable releases. > > > > drivers/hv/mshv_eventfd.c | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/hv/mshv_eventfd.c b/drivers/hv/mshv_eventfd.c > > index d93a18f09c76..0b75ff1edb73 100644 > > --- a/drivers/hv/mshv_eventfd.c > > +++ b/drivers/hv/mshv_eventfd.c > > @@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ static int mshv_irqfd_assign(struct mshv_partition *pt, > > { > > struct eventfd_ctx *eventfd = NULL, *resamplefd = NULL; > > struct mshv_irqfd *irqfd, *tmp; > > - unsigned int events; > > + __poll_t events; > > int ret; > > int idx; > > > > Reviewed-by: Nuno Das Neves <[email protected]>
Applied.
