Hi Xiaoguang, Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on jejb-scsi/for-next] [also build test WARNING on v5.18-rc2 next-20220411] [cannot apply to mkp-scsi/for-next] [If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note. And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch] url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Xiaoguang-Wang/scsi-target-tcmu-Fix-possible-data-corruption/20220411-220214 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi.git for-next config: x86_64-rhel-8.3-kselftests (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20220412/202204121450.qYzuKGXT-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config) compiler: gcc-11 (Debian 11.2.0-19) 11.2.0 reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-dirty # https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commit/2bceb529129db286e111bc3bae0b52b62b1fba07 git remote add linux-review https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux git fetch --no-tags linux-review Xiaoguang-Wang/scsi-target-tcmu-Fix-possible-data-corruption/20220411-220214 git checkout 2bceb529129db286e111bc3bae0b52b62b1fba07 # save the config file to linux build tree mkdir build_dir make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/target/ If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>) >> drivers/target/target_core_user.c:1907:21: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different base types) @@ expected int ret @@ got restricted vm_fault_t @@ drivers/target/target_core_user.c:1907:21: sparse: expected int ret drivers/target/target_core_user.c:1907:21: sparse: got restricted vm_fault_t >> drivers/target/target_core_user.c:1911:16: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in return expression (different base types) @@ expected restricted vm_fault_t @@ got int ret @@ drivers/target/target_core_user.c:1911:16: sparse: expected restricted vm_fault_t drivers/target/target_core_user.c:1911:16: sparse: got int ret vim +1907 drivers/target/target_core_user.c 1874 1875 static vm_fault_t tcmu_vma_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf) 1876 { 1877 struct tcmu_dev *udev = vmf->vma->vm_private_data; 1878 struct uio_info *info = &udev->uio_info; 1879 struct page *page; 1880 unsigned long offset; 1881 void *addr; 1882 int ret = 0; 1883 1884 int mi = tcmu_find_mem_index(vmf->vma); 1885 if (mi < 0) 1886 return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS; 1887 1888 /* 1889 * We need to subtract mi because userspace uses offset = N*PAGE_SIZE 1890 * to use mem[N]. 1891 */ 1892 offset = (vmf->pgoff - mi) << PAGE_SHIFT; 1893 1894 if (offset < udev->data_off) { 1895 /* For the vmalloc()ed cmd area pages */ 1896 addr = (void *)(unsigned long)info->mem[mi].addr + offset; 1897 page = vmalloc_to_page(addr); 1898 get_page(page); 1899 } else { 1900 uint32_t dpi; 1901 1902 /* For the dynamically growing data area pages */ 1903 dpi = (offset - udev->data_off) / PAGE_SIZE; 1904 page = tcmu_try_get_data_page(udev, dpi); 1905 if (!page) 1906 return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS; > 1907 ret = VM_FAULT_LOCKED; 1908 } 1909 1910 vmf->page = page; > 1911 return ret; 1912 } 1913 -- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service https://01.org/lkp