[Linux PPC] 7.0-rc1: e500_mmu.c:923:26: error: assignment to 'struct tlbe_priv *' from incompatible pointer type 'struct tlbe_ref *'

Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP) chleroy at kernel.org
Tue Feb 24 05:07:14 AEDT 2026


+Kees

Hello,

Le 23/02/2026 à 17:48, Christian Zigotzky a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> Compiling issue for e5500 machines for the RC1 of kernel 7.0:
> 
> arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_mmu.c: In function 'kvmppc_e500_tlb_init':
> arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_mmu.c:923:26: error: assignment to 'struct 
> tlbe_priv *' from incompatible pointer type 'struct tlbe_ref *' [- 
> Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
>    923 |  vcpu_e500->gtlb_priv[0] = kzalloc_objs(struct tlbe_ref,
>        |                          ^
> arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_mmu.c:928:26: error: assignment to 'struct 
> tlbe_priv *' from incompatible pointer type 'struct tlbe_ref *' [- 
> Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
>    928 |  vcpu_e500->gtlb_priv[1] = kzalloc_objs(struct tlbe_ref,
> 
> Temporary solution: # CONFIG_VIRTUALIZATION is not set
> 
> Please solve this issue.
> 

Must be one of:

189f164e573e Convert remaining multi-line kmalloc_obj/flex GFP_KERNEL uses
bf4afc53b77a Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default 
GFP_KERNEL argument
69050f8d6d07 treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types


Christophe


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