Re: [PATCH] sh: fix sparse annotation in SH's __get_user_check()

[Oliver Hartkopp]

On 23.01.21 18:32, Luc Van Oostenryck wrote:
> The pointer in get_user() and friends is supposed to be a __user pointer.
> But in SH's implementation of __get_user_check(), the pointer is
> assigned to a local variable __gu_addr which is lacking the __user
> annotation. As consequence, a warning is issued for every of its uses.
>
> So, add the missing __user annotation (this remove ~700 warnings when
> using defconfig).

Many thanks that you were able to spot this issue, Luc!

Best regards,
Oliver

> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202101141753.ropIZ9nh-lkp@xxxxxxxxx
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   arch/sh/include/asm/uaccess.h | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/uaccess.h
> index 73f3b48d4a34..e2623fe2ac09 100644
> --- a/arch/sh/include/asm/uaccess.h
> +++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/uaccess.h
> @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ struct __large_struct { unsigned long buf[100]; };
>   ({									\
>   	long __gu_err = -EFAULT;					\
>   	unsigned long __gu_val = 0;					\
> -	const __typeof__(*(ptr)) *__gu_addr = (ptr);			\
> +	const __typeof__(*(ptr)) __user *__gu_addr = (ptr);		\
>   	if (likely(access_ok(__gu_addr, (size))))		\
>   		__get_user_size(__gu_val, __gu_addr, (size), __gu_err);	\
>   	(x) = (__force __typeof__(*(ptr)))__gu_val;			\
>
> base-commit: 5c8fe583cce542aa0b84adc939ce85293de36e5e