[PATCH 3.2 08/46] x86, sparse: Do not force removal of __user when calling copy_to/from_user_nocheck()

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Sun Jun 12 2016 - 17:37:02 EST


3.2.81-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

commit df90ca969035d3f6c95044e272f75bf417b14245 upstream.

Commit ff47ab4ff3cdd "x86: Add 1/2/4/8 byte optimization to 64bit
__copy_{from,to}_user_inatomic" added a "_nocheck" call in between
the copy_to/from_user() and copy_user_generic(). As both the
normal and nocheck versions of theses calls use the proper __user
annotation, a typecast to remove it should not be added.
This causes sparse to spin out the following warnings:

arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:207:47: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces)
arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:207:47: expected void const [noderef] <asn:1>*src
arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:207:47: got void const *<noident>
arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:207:47: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces)
arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:207:47: expected void const [noderef] <asn:1>*src
arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:207:47: got void const *<noident>
arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:207:47: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces)
arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:207:47: expected void const [noderef] <asn:1>*src
arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:207:47: got void const *<noident>
arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:207:47: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces)
arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:207:47: expected void const [noderef] <asn:1>*src
arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:207:47: got void const *<noident>

Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140103164500.5f6478f5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jaccon Bastiaansen <jaccon.bastiaansen@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: mingo@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: h.zuidam@xxxxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
@@ -233,13 +233,13 @@ __must_check unsigned long __clear_user(
static __must_check __always_inline int
__copy_from_user_inatomic(void *dst, const void __user *src, unsigned size)
{
- return __copy_from_user_nocheck(dst, (__force const void *)src, size);
+ return __copy_from_user_nocheck(dst, src, size);
}

static __must_check __always_inline int
__copy_to_user_inatomic(void __user *dst, const void *src, unsigned size)
{
- return __copy_to_user_nocheck((__force void *)dst, src, size);
+ return __copy_to_user_nocheck(dst, src, size);
}

extern long __copy_user_nocache(void *dst, const void __user *src,