RE: [PATCH] RDMA/siw: Pass a pointer to virt_to_page()

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, 29 August 2022 15:26
> To: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx>; Leon Romanovsky
> <leonro@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: fg[EXTERNAL] [PATCH] RDMA/siw: Pass a pointer to virt_to_page()
> 
> Functions that work on a pointer to virtual memory such as
> virt_to_pfn() and users of that function such as
> virt_to_page() are supposed to pass a pointer to virtual
> memory, ideally a (void *) or other pointer. However since
> many architectures implement virt_to_pfn() as a macro,
> this function becomes polymorphic and accepts both a
> (unsigned long) and a (void *).
> 
> If we instead implement a proper virt_to_pfn(void *addr)
> function the following happens (occurred on arch/arm):
> 
> drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_qp_tx.c:32:23: warning: incompatible
>   integer to pointer conversion passing 'dma_addr_t' (aka 'unsigned
> int')
>   to parameter of type 'const void *' [-Wint-conversion]
> drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_qp_tx.c:32:37: warning: passing argument
>   1 of 'virt_to_pfn' makes pointer from integer without a cast
>   [-Wint-conversion]
> drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_qp_tx.c:538:36: warning: incompatible
>   integer to pointer conversion passing 'unsigned long long'
>   to parameter of type 'const void *' [-Wint-conversion]
> 
> Fix this with an explicit cast. In one case where the SIW
> SGE uses an unaligned u64 we need a double cast to get to
> a (void *).
> 
> Cc: linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_qp_tx.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_qp_tx.c
> b/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_qp_tx.c
> index 1f4e60257700..5c7853ba8831 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_qp_tx.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_qp_tx.c
> @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static struct page *siw_get_pblpage(struct siw_mem
> *mem, u64 addr, int *idx)
>  	dma_addr_t paddr = siw_pbl_get_buffer(pbl, offset, NULL, idx);
> 
>  	if (paddr)
> -		return virt_to_page(paddr);
> +		return virt_to_page((void *)paddr);

Thanks, looks OK to me!

> 
>  	return NULL;
>  }
> @@ -535,7 +535,17 @@ static int siw_tx_hdt(struct siw_iwarp_tx *c_tx,
> struct socket *s)
>  			} else {
>  				u64 va = sge->laddr + sge_off;

Maybe better change va from 'u64' to platform specific
'uintptr_t' ? That would avoid one (uintptr_t) cast here and
also a few lines down during crypto_hash_update()..?
Might also make it easier to keep lines to 80 chars ;)

Thanks Linus!

 
> 
> -				page_array[seg] = virt_to_page(va & PAGE_MASK);
> +				/*
> +				 * virt_to_page() takes a (void *) pointer, and
> +				 * the va being uint64 creates a special
> +				 * problem here needing a double cast to
> +				 * resolve the situation: first to (uintptr_t)
> +				 * to preserve all the 64 bits and from there
> +				 * to a (void *) meaning it will be 64 bits on
> +				 * a 64 bit platform and 32 bits on a 32 bit
> +				 * platform.
> +				 */
> +				page_array[seg] = virt_to_page((void
> *)(uintptr_t)(va & PAGE_MASK));
>  				if (do_crc)
>  					crypto_shash_update(
>  						c_tx->mpa_crc_hd,
> --
> 2.37.2





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