Re: [PATCH v6 03/14] KVM: X86: Don't track dirty for KVM_SET_[TSS_ADDR|IDENTITY_MAP_ADDR]

[Sean Christopherson]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 12:39:06PM -0400, Peter Xu wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 09:10:04AM +0800, kbuild test robot wrote:
> > Hi Peter,
> > 
> > Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve:
> > 
> > [auto build test WARNING on tip/auto-latest]
> > [also build test WARNING on vhost/linux-next linus/master v5.6-rc5 next-20200310]
> > [cannot apply to kvm/linux-next linux/master]
> > [if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help
> > improve the system. BTW, we also suggest to use '--base' option to specify the
> > base tree in git format-patch, please see https://stackoverflow.com/a/37406982]
> > 
> > url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Peter-Xu/KVM-Dirty-ring-interface/20200310-070637
> > base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git 12481c76713078054f2d043b3ce946e4814ac29f
> > reproduce:
> >         # apt-get install sparse
> >         # sparse version: v0.6.1-174-g094d5a94-dirty
> >         make ARCH=x86_64 allmodconfig
> >         make C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__'
> > 
> > If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag
> > Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > 
> > sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)
> > 
> >    arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:2599:38: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces) @@    expected void const [noderef] <asn:1> * @@    got  const [noderef] <asn:1> * @@
> >    arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:2599:38: sparse:    expected void const [noderef] <asn:1> *
> >    arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:2599:38: sparse:    got unsigned char [usertype] *
> >    arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:7501:15: sparse: sparse: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces):
> >    arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:7501:15: sparse:    struct kvm_apic_map [noderef] <asn:4> *
> >    arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:7501:15: sparse:    struct kvm_apic_map *
> > >> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:9794:31: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in return expression (different address spaces) @@    expected void [noderef] <asn:1> * @@    got n:1> * @@
> 
> I'm not sure on how I can reproduce this locally, and also I'm not
> very sure I understand this warning.  I'd be glad to know if anyone
> knows...
> 
> If without further hints, I'll try to remove the __user for
> __x86_set_memory_region() and use a cast on the callers next.

Ah, it's complaining that the ERR_PTR() returns in __x86_set_memory_region()
aren't explicitly casting to a __user pointer.

Part of me wonders if something along the lines of your original approach
of keeping the "int" return and passing a "void __user **p_hva" would be
cleaner overall, as opposed to having to cast everywhere.  The diff would
certainly be smaller.  E.g.

int __x86_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm, int id, gpa_t gpa, u32 size,
			    void __user **p_hva)
{
	...

	if (p_hva)
		*p_hva = (void __user *)hva;

        return 0;
}