On Mon, Jan 05, 2015 at 09:44:14AM +0000, James Hogan wrote: > On 04/01/15 10:52, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 02, 2015 at 03:41:02PM +0000, James Hogan wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> On 25/12/14 09:29, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > >>> virtio wants to read bitwise types from userspace using get_user. At the > >>> moment this triggers sparse errors, since the value is passed through an > >>> integer. > >>> > >>> Fix that up using __force. > >> > >> I still see these sparse warnings with metag even with your patch: > >> > >> CHECK drivers/vhost/vhost.c > >> drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1004:13: warning: cast from restricted __virtio16 > >> drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1004:13: warning: cast from restricted __virtio16 > >> drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1004:13: warning: cast from restricted __virtio16 > >> drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1004:13: warning: cast from restricted __virtio16 > >> drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1022:13: warning: cast from restricted __virtio16 > >> drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1022:13: warning: cast from restricted __virtio16 > >> drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1022:13: warning: cast from restricted __virtio16 > >> drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1022:13: warning: cast from restricted __virtio16 > >> drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1373:21: warning: cast from restricted __virtio32 > >> drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1373:21: warning: cast from restricted __virtio32 > >> drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1373:21: warning: cast from restricted __virtio32 > >> drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1373:21: warning: cast from restricted __virtio32 > >> drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1377:21: warning: cast from restricted __virtio32 > >> drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1377:21: warning: cast from restricted __virtio32 > >> drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1377:21: warning: cast from restricted __virtio32 > >> drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1377:21: warning: cast from restricted __virtio32 > >> drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1425:13: warning: cast from restricted __virtio16 > >> drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1425:13: warning: cast from restricted __virtio16 > >> drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1425:13: warning: cast from restricted __virtio16 > >> drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1425:13: warning: cast from restricted __virtio16 > >> > >> Which something like the following hunk fixes in a similar way to yours: > >> > >> diff --git a/arch/metag/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/metag/include/asm/uaccess.h > >> index 0748b0a97986..594497053748 100644 > >> --- a/arch/metag/include/asm/uaccess.h > >> +++ b/arch/metag/include/asm/uaccess.h > >> @@ -112,13 +112,17 @@ do { \ > >> retval = 0; \ > >> switch (size) { \ > >> case 1: \ > >> - retval = __put_user_asm_b((unsigned int)x, ptr); break; \ > >> + retval = __put_user_asm_b((__force unsigned int)x, ptr); \ > >> + break; \ > >> case 2: \ > >> - retval = __put_user_asm_w((unsigned int)x, ptr); break; \ > >> + retval = __put_user_asm_w((__force unsigned int)x, ptr); \ > >> + break; \ > >> case 4: \ > >> - retval = __put_user_asm_d((unsigned int)x, ptr); break; \ > >> + retval = __put_user_asm_d((__force unsigned int)x, ptr); \ > >> + break; \ > >> case 8: \ > >> - retval = __put_user_asm_l((unsigned long long)x, ptr); break; \ > >> + retval = __put_user_asm_l((__force unsigned long long)x, ptr); \ > >> + break; \ > >> default: \ > >> __put_user_bad(); \ > >> } > >> > >> As far as I understand it, using __force on the value (as opposed to the > >> pointer) is safe here, in the sense of not masking any genuine defects. > >> Do you agree? Do you want to apply that hunk with your patch too? > > > > what about this code: > > u16 v = 0; > > int rc = get_user(v, (__force __le16 __user *)p); > > > > it should trigger a warning, does it? > > No, but it didn't previously either, and doesn't seem to with x86_64 either. > > I tried __be16 too, since I presume you're referring to a discrepancy > between the native byte order of v (u16) and the foreign byte order of > *p (__be16)? > > Cheers > James Yes. It certainly does for me. Did you define __CHECK_ENDIAN__? Documentation/sparse.txt says: To perform endianness checks, you may define __CHECK_ENDIAN__: make C=2 CF="-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__" These checks are disabled by default as they generate a host of warnings. Or just try with __virtio16 instead of __le16 - I think these are enabled unconditionally. > > > > > > > >> Note, this change also suppresses warnings for writing a pointer to > >> userland due to the casts to unsigned int / unsigned long long, such as > >> the following (each 4 times due to 4 cases above): > >> > >> kernel/signal.c:2740:25: warning: cast removes address space of expression > >> kernel/signal.c:2747:24: warning: cast removes address space of expression > >> kernel/signal.c:2760:24: warning: cast removes address space of expression > >> kernel/signal.c:2761:24: warning: cast removes address space of expression > >> kernel/signal.c:2775:24: warning: cast removes address space of expression > >> kernel/signal.c:2779:24: warning: cast removes address space of expression > >> kernel/signal.c:3202:25: warning: cast removes address space of expression > >> kernel/signal.c:3225:17: warning: cast removes address space of expression > >> kernel/futex.c:2769:16: warning: cast removes address space of expression > >> > >>> > >>> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> > >>> --- > >>> arch/metag/include/asm/uaccess.h | 4 ++-- > >>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > >>> > >>> diff --git a/arch/metag/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/metag/include/asm/uaccess.h > >>> index 0748b0a..c314b45 100644 > >>> --- a/arch/metag/include/asm/uaccess.h > >>> +++ b/arch/metag/include/asm/uaccess.h > >>> @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ extern long __get_user_bad(void); > >>> ({ \ > >>> long __gu_err, __gu_val; \ > >>> __get_user_size(__gu_val, (ptr), (size), __gu_err); \ > >>> - (x) = (__typeof__(*(ptr)))__gu_val; \ > >>> + (x) = (__force __typeof__(*(ptr)))__gu_val; \ > >> > >> Can you adjust the position of the \ to line up please > >> > >>> __gu_err; \ > >>> }) > >>> > >>> @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ extern long __get_user_bad(void); > >>> const __typeof__(*(ptr)) __user *__gu_addr = (ptr); \ > >>> if (access_ok(VERIFY_READ, __gu_addr, size)) \ > >>> __get_user_size(__gu_val, __gu_addr, (size), __gu_err); \ > >>> - (x) = (__typeof__(*(ptr)))__gu_val; \ > >>> + (x) = (__force __typeof__(*(ptr)))__gu_val; \ > >> > >> same here (this one causes a checkpatch error due to 80 column limit) > >> > >>> __gu_err; \ > >>> }) > >>> > >>> > >> > >> With those changes, > >> Acked-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> > >> Cheers > >> James > >> > > > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html