[mchinth:sep_socwatch_linux_5_9 1/1] drivers/platform/x86/sepdk/pax/pax.c:748:18: sparse: sparse: cast removes address space '__user' of expression

[kernel test robot]

Hi Manisha,

First bad commit (maybe != root cause):

tree:   https://github.com/mchinth/linux sep_socwatch_linux_5_9
head:   c859e634bf058e7963fccc4c1219c1365e925ad4
commit: c859e634bf058e7963fccc4c1219c1365e925ad4 [1/1] platform/x86: Update SEP driver for 5.9 pull
config: x86_64-randconfig-s022-20210803 (attached as .config)
compiler: gcc-9 (Debian 9.3.0-22) 9.3.0
reproduce:
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.3-348-gf0e6938b-dirty
        # https://github.com/mchinth/linux/commit/c859e634bf058e7963fccc4c1219c1365e925ad4
        git remote add mchinth https://github.com/mchinth/linux
        git fetch --no-tags mchinth sep_socwatch_linux_5_9
        git checkout c859e634bf058e7963fccc4c1219c1365e925ad4
        # save the attached .config to linux build tree
        make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/platform/x86/sepdk/pax/ drivers/platform/x86/sepdk/sep/

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/platform/x86/sepdk/pax/pax.c:748:18: sparse: sparse: cast removes address space '__user' of expression
   drivers/platform/x86/sepdk/pax/pax.c:750:18: sparse: sparse: cast removes address space '__user' of expression
--
   drivers/platform/x86/sepdk/sep/lwpmudrv.c: note: in included file (through drivers/platform/x86/sepdk/inc/apic.h):
   /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9/include/stddef.h:406:9: sparse: sparse: preprocessor token offsetof redefined
   drivers/platform/x86/sepdk/sep/lwpmudrv.c: note: in included file (through include/uapi/linux/posix_types.h, include/uapi/linux/types.h, include/linux/types.h, ...):
   include/linux/stddef.h:17:9: sparse: this was the original definition
>> drivers/platform/x86/sepdk/sep/lwpmudrv.c:7127:18: sparse: sparse: cast removes address space '__user' of expression
   drivers/platform/x86/sepdk/sep/lwpmudrv.c:7129:18: sparse: sparse: cast removes address space '__user' of expression

vim +/__user +748 drivers/platform/x86/sepdk/pax/pax.c

d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  726  
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  727  #if defined(CONFIG_COMPAT) && defined(DRV_EM64T)
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  728  static IOCTL_OP_TYPE pax_Device_Control_Compat(struct file *filp,
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  729  					       unsigned int cmd,
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  730  					       unsigned long arg)
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  731  {
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  732  	int status = OS_SUCCESS;
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  733  	IOCTL_COMPAT_ARGS_NODE local_args_compat;
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  734  	IOCTL_ARGS_NODE local_args;
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  735  
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  736  	memset(&local_args_compat, 0, sizeof(IOCTL_COMPAT_ARGS_NODE));
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  737  	if (arg) {
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  738  		status = copy_from_user(&local_args_compat,
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  739  					(void __user *)arg,
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  740  					sizeof(IOCTL_COMPAT_ARGS_NODE));
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  741  		if (status != OS_SUCCESS)
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  742  			return status;
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  743  	}
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  744  
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  745  	local_args.len_drv_to_usr = local_args_compat.len_drv_to_usr;
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  746  	local_args.len_usr_to_drv = local_args_compat.len_usr_to_drv;
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  747  	local_args.buf_drv_to_usr =
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13 @748  		(char *)compat_ptr(local_args_compat.buf_drv_to_usr);
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  749  	local_args.buf_usr_to_drv =
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  750  		(char *)compat_ptr(local_args_compat.buf_usr_to_drv);
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  751  
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  752  	local_args.command = cmd;
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  753  
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  754  	status = pax_Service_IOCTL(filp, cmd, local_args);
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  755  
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  756  	return status;
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  757  }
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  758  #endif
d605aabab41663 Jon Moeller 2018-11-13  759  

:::::: The code at line 748 was first introduced by commit
:::::: d605aabab41663c9be9e8c549042933189adbf2f platform/x86: add sep and socwatch drivers without socperf.

:::::: TO: Jon Moeller <jon.moeller@xxxxxxxxx>
:::::: CC: Faycal Benmlih <faycal.benmlih@xxxxxxxxx>

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