Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Use ERR_PTR_USR() to return -EFAULT as a __user pointer

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Fri Feb 04 2022 - 03:44:49 EST


On 2/2/22 01:51, Sean Christopherson wrote:
Use ERR_PTR_USR() when returning -EFAULT from kvm_get_attr_addr(), sparse
complains about implicitly casting the kernel pointer from ERR_PTR() into
a __user pointer.

arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:4342:31: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in return expression
(different address spaces) @@ expected void [noderef] __user * @@ got void * @@
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:4342:31: sparse: expected void [noderef] __user *
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:4342:31: sparse: got void *
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:4342:31: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in return expression
(different address spaces) @@ expected void [noderef] __user * @@ got void * @@
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:4342:31: sparse: expected void [noderef] __user *
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:4342:31: sparse: got void *

No functional change intended.

Fixes: 56f289a8d23a ("KVM: x86: Add a helper to retrieve userspace address from kvm_device_attr")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index fec3dd4f0718..b533aab98172 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@
u64 __read_mostly kvm_mce_cap_supported = MCG_CTL_P | MCG_SER_P;
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_mce_cap_supported);
+#define ERR_PTR_USR(e) ((void __user *)ERR_PTR(e))
+
#define emul_to_vcpu(ctxt) \
((struct kvm_vcpu *)(ctxt)->vcpu)
@@ -4340,7 +4342,7 @@ static inline void __user *kvm_get_attr_addr(struct kvm_device_attr *attr)
void __user *uaddr = (void __user*)(unsigned long)attr->addr;
if ((u64)(unsigned long)uaddr != attr->addr)
- return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
+ return ERR_PTR_USR(-EFAULT);
return uaddr;
}
@@ -11684,8 +11686,6 @@ void kvm_arch_sync_events(struct kvm *kvm)
kvm_free_pit(kvm);
}
-#define ERR_PTR_USR(e) ((void __user *)ERR_PTR(e))
-
/**
* __x86_set_memory_region: Setup KVM internal memory slot
*

base-commit: b2d2af7e5df37ee3a9ba6b405bdbb7691a5c2dfc

Queued, thanks.

Paolo