Re: [PATCH] tpm_vtpm_proxy: fix sparse warning

From: Stefan Berger
Date: Thu Jun 16 2016 - 09:39:50 EST


On 06/16/2016 06:37 AM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
When running make C=2 M=drivers/char/tpm/

CC [M] drivers/char/tpm//tpm_crb.o
CHECK drivers/char/tpm//tpm_vtpm_proxy.c
drivers/char/tpm//tpm_vtpm_proxy.c:552:32: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces)
drivers/char/tpm//tpm_vtpm_proxy.c:552:32: expected struct vtpm_proxy_new_dev *vtpm_new_dev_p
drivers/char/tpm//tpm_vtpm_proxy.c:552:32: got void [noderef] <asn:1>*argp
drivers/char/tpm//tpm_vtpm_proxy.c:553:51: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces)
drivers/char/tpm//tpm_vtpm_proxy.c:553:51: expected void const [noderef] <asn:1>*from
drivers/char/tpm//tpm_vtpm_proxy.c:553:51: got struct vtpm_proxy_new_dev *vtpm_new_dev_p
drivers/char/tpm//tpm_vtpm_proxy.c:559:34: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
drivers/char/tpm//tpm_vtpm_proxy.c:559:34: expected void [noderef] <asn:1>*to
drivers/char/tpm//tpm_vtpm_proxy.c:559:34: got struct vtpm_proxy_new_dev *vtpm_new_dev_p

The __user annotation was missing from the corresponding variable.

Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Tested-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

PS: I get similar warnings for line 248 in tpm_crb.c.