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[PATCH 2/2] riscv: Fix sparse warning about different address spaces

Alexandre Ghiti posted 2 patches 5 months, 1 week ago
[PATCH 2/2] riscv: Fix sparse warning about different address spaces
Posted by Alexandre Ghiti 5 months, 1 week ago 
We did not propagate the __user attribute of the pointers in
__get_kernel_nofault() and __put_kernel_nofault(), which results in
sparse complaining:

>> mm/maccess.c:41:17: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces) @@     expected void const [noderef] __user *from @@     got unsigned long long [usertype] * @@
   mm/maccess.c:41:17: sparse:     expected void const [noderef] __user *from
   mm/maccess.c:41:17: sparse:     got unsigned long long [usertype] *

So fix this by correctly casting those pointers.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202508161713.RWu30Lv1-lkp@intel.com/
Suggested-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Fixes: f6bff7827a48 ("riscv: uaccess: use 'asm_goto_output' for get_user()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com>
---
 arch/riscv/include/asm/uaccess.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 551e7490737effb2c238e6a4db50293ece7c9df9..f5f4f7f85543f2a635b18e4bd1c6202b20e3b239 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -438,10 +438,10 @@ unsigned long __must_check clear_user(void __user *to, unsigned long n)
 }
 
 #define __get_kernel_nofault(dst, src, type, err_label)			\
-	__get_user_nocheck(*((type *)(dst)), (type *)(src), err_label)
+	__get_user_nocheck(*((type *)(dst)), (__force __user type *)(src), err_label)
 
 #define __put_kernel_nofault(dst, src, type, err_label)			\
-	__put_user_nocheck(*((type *)(src)), (type *)(dst), err_label)
+	__put_user_nocheck(*((type *)(src)), (__force __user type *)(dst), err_label)
 
 static __must_check __always_inline bool user_access_begin(const void __user *ptr, size_t len)
 {

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2.34.1
Re: [PATCH 2/2] riscv: Fix sparse warning about different address spaces
Posted by Paul Walmsley 4 months, 3 weeks ago 
On Wed, 3 Sep 2025, Alexandre Ghiti wrote:

> We did not propagate the __user attribute of the pointers in
> __get_kernel_nofault() and __put_kernel_nofault(), which results in
> sparse complaining:
> 
> >> mm/maccess.c:41:17: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces) @@     expected void const [noderef] __user *from @@     got unsigned long long [usertype] * @@
>    mm/maccess.c:41:17: sparse:     expected void const [noderef] __user *from
>    mm/maccess.c:41:17: sparse:     got unsigned long long [usertype] *
> 
> So fix this by correctly casting those pointers.
> 
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202508161713.RWu30Lv1-lkp@intel.com/
> Suggested-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
> Fixes: f6bff7827a48 ("riscv: uaccess: use 'asm_goto_output' for get_user()")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com>

Thanks, this one was sent upstream as part of the last fixes PR.
  

- Paul
Re: [PATCH 2/2] riscv: Fix sparse warning about different address spaces
Posted by Paul Walmsley 5 months ago 
On Wed, 3 Sep 2025, Alexandre Ghiti wrote:

> We did not propagate the __user attribute of the pointers in
> __get_kernel_nofault() and __put_kernel_nofault(), which results in
> sparse complaining:
> 
> >> mm/maccess.c:41:17: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces) @@     expected void const [noderef] __user *from @@     got unsigned long long [usertype] * @@
>    mm/maccess.c:41:17: sparse:     expected void const [noderef] __user *from
>    mm/maccess.c:41:17: sparse:     got unsigned long long [usertype] *
> 
> So fix this by correctly casting those pointers.
> 
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202508161713.RWu30Lv1-lkp@intel.com/
> Suggested-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
> Fixes: f6bff7827a48 ("riscv: uaccess: use 'asm_goto_output' for get_user()")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com>

Thanks, queued for v6.17-rc fixes.

- Paul
Re: [PATCH 2/2] riscv: Fix sparse warning about different address spaces
Posted by Clément Léger 5 months, 1 week ago 

On 03/09/2025 20:53, Alexandre Ghiti wrote:
> We did not propagate the __user attribute of the pointers in
> __get_kernel_nofault() and __put_kernel_nofault(), which results in
> sparse complaining:
> 
>>> mm/maccess.c:41:17: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces) @@     expected void const [noderef] __user *from @@     got unsigned long long [usertype] * @@
>    mm/maccess.c:41:17: sparse:     expected void const [noderef] __user *from
>    mm/maccess.c:41:17: sparse:     got unsigned long long [usertype] *
> 
> So fix this by correctly casting those pointers.
> 
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202508161713.RWu30Lv1-lkp@intel.com/
> Suggested-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
> Fixes: f6bff7827a48 ("riscv: uaccess: use 'asm_goto_output' for get_user()")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com>
> ---
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/uaccess.h | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/uaccess.h
> index 551e7490737effb2c238e6a4db50293ece7c9df9..f5f4f7f85543f2a635b18e4bd1c6202b20e3b239 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/uaccess.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/uaccess.h
> @@ -438,10 +438,10 @@ unsigned long __must_check clear_user(void __user *to, unsigned long n)
>  }
>  
>  #define __get_kernel_nofault(dst, src, type, err_label)			\
> -	__get_user_nocheck(*((type *)(dst)), (type *)(src), err_label)
> +	__get_user_nocheck(*((type *)(dst)), (__force __user type *)(src), err_label)
>  
>  #define __put_kernel_nofault(dst, src, type, err_label)			\
> -	__put_user_nocheck(*((type *)(src)), (type *)(dst), err_label)
> +	__put_user_nocheck(*((type *)(src)), (__force __user type *)(dst), err_label)
>  
>  static __must_check __always_inline bool user_access_begin(const void __user *ptr, size_t len)
>  {
> 

Hi Alex,

LGTM,

Reviewed-by: Clément Léger <cleger@rivosinc.com>

Thanks,

Clément
Re: [PATCH 2/2] riscv: Fix sparse warning about different address spaces
Posted by Cyril Bur 5 months, 1 week ago 

On 4/9/2025 4:53 am, Alexandre Ghiti wrote:
> We did not propagate the __user attribute of the pointers in
> __get_kernel_nofault() and __put_kernel_nofault(), which results in
> sparse complaining:
> 
>>> mm/maccess.c:41:17: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces) @@     expected void const [noderef] __user *from @@     got unsigned long long [usertype] * @@
>     mm/maccess.c:41:17: sparse:     expected void const [noderef] __user *from
>     mm/maccess.c:41:17: sparse:     got unsigned long long [usertype] *
> 
> So fix this by correctly casting those pointers.
> 
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202508161713.RWu30Lv1-lkp@intel.com/
> Suggested-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
> Fixes: f6bff7827a48 ("riscv: uaccess: use 'asm_goto_output' for get_user()")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com>

Reviewed-by: Cyril Bur <cyrilbur@tenstorrent.com>

> ---
>   arch/riscv/include/asm/uaccess.h | 4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/uaccess.h
> index 551e7490737effb2c238e6a4db50293ece7c9df9..f5f4f7f85543f2a635b18e4bd1c6202b20e3b239 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/uaccess.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/uaccess.h
> @@ -438,10 +438,10 @@ unsigned long __must_check clear_user(void __user *to, unsigned long n)
>   }
>   
>   #define __get_kernel_nofault(dst, src, type, err_label)			\
> -	__get_user_nocheck(*((type *)(dst)), (type *)(src), err_label)
> +	__get_user_nocheck(*((type *)(dst)), (__force __user type *)(src), err_label)
>   
>   #define __put_kernel_nofault(dst, src, type, err_label)			\
> -	__put_user_nocheck(*((type *)(src)), (type *)(dst), err_label)
> +	__put_user_nocheck(*((type *)(src)), (__force __user type *)(dst), err_label)
>   
>   static __must_check __always_inline bool user_access_begin(const void __user *ptr, size_t len)
>   {
>

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