Sparse warns: sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>) >> drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_igd.c:146:21: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different base types) @@ expected unsigned short [addressable] [usertype] val @@ got restricted __le16 [usertype] @@ drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_igd.c:146:21: sparse: expected unsigned short [addressable] [usertype] val drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_igd.c:146:21: sparse: got restricted __le16 [usertype] >> drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_igd.c:161:21: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different base types) @@ expected unsigned int [addressable] [usertype] val @@ got restricted __le32 [usertype] @@ drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_igd.c:161:21: sparse: expected unsigned int [addressable] [usertype] val drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_igd.c:161:21: sparse: got restricted __le32 [usertype] drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_igd.c:176:21: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different base types) @@ expected unsigned short [addressable] [usertype] val @@ got restricted __le16 [usertype] @@ drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_igd.c:176:21: sparse: expected unsigned short [addressable] [usertype] val drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_igd.c:176:21: sparse: got restricted __le16 [usertype] These are due to trying to use an unsigned to store the result of a cpu_to_leXX() conversion. These are small variables, so pointer tricks are wasteful and casting just generates different sparse warnings. Store to and copy results from a separate little endian variable. Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202111290026.O3vehj03-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/ Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_igd.c | 15 +++++++++------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_igd.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_igd.c index 362f91ec8845..352c725ccf18 100644 --- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_igd.c +++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_igd.c @@ -309,13 +309,14 @@ static ssize_t vfio_pci_igd_cfg_rw(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev, if ((pos & 3) && size > 2) { u16 val; + __le16 lval; ret = pci_user_read_config_word(pdev, pos, &val); if (ret) return ret; - val = cpu_to_le16(val); - if (copy_to_user(buf + count - size, &val, 2)) + lval = cpu_to_le16(val); + if (copy_to_user(buf + count - size, &lval, 2)) return -EFAULT; pos += 2; @@ -324,13 +325,14 @@ static ssize_t vfio_pci_igd_cfg_rw(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev, while (size > 3) { u32 val; + __le32 lval; ret = pci_user_read_config_dword(pdev, pos, &val); if (ret) return ret; - val = cpu_to_le32(val); - if (copy_to_user(buf + count - size, &val, 4)) + lval = cpu_to_le32(val); + if (copy_to_user(buf + count - size, &lval, 4)) return -EFAULT; pos += 4; @@ -339,13 +341,14 @@ static ssize_t vfio_pci_igd_cfg_rw(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev, while (size >= 2) { u16 val; + __le16 lval; ret = pci_user_read_config_word(pdev, pos, &val); if (ret) return ret; - val = cpu_to_le16(val); - if (copy_to_user(buf + count - size, &val, 2)) + lval = cpu_to_le16(val); + if (copy_to_user(buf + count - size, &lval, 2)) return -EFAULT; pos += 2;