[PATCH net] vsock/virtio: fix "comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast" warning

From: Stefano Garzarella
Date: Wed Dec 06 2023 - 11:42:02 EST


After backporting commit 581512a6dc93 ("vsock/virtio: MSG_ZEROCOPY
flag support") in CentOS Stream 9, CI reported the following error:

In file included from ./include/linux/kernel.h:17,
from ./include/linux/list.h:9,
from ./include/linux/preempt.h:11,
from ./include/linux/spinlock.h:56,
from net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c:9:
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c: In function ‘virtio_transport_can_zcopy‘:
./include/linux/minmax.h:20:35: error: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast [-Werror]
20 | (!!(sizeof((typeof(x) *)1 == (typeof(y) *)1)))
| ^~
./include/linux/minmax.h:26:18: note: in expansion of macro ‘__typecheck‘
26 | (__typecheck(x, y) && __no_side_effects(x, y))
| ^~~~~~~~~~~
./include/linux/minmax.h:36:31: note: in expansion of macro ‘__safe_cmp‘
36 | __builtin_choose_expr(__safe_cmp(x, y), \
| ^~~~~~~~~~
./include/linux/minmax.h:45:25: note: in expansion of macro ‘__careful_cmp‘
45 | #define min(x, y) __careful_cmp(x, y, <)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c:63:37: note: in expansion of macro ‘min‘
63 | int pages_to_send = min(pages_in_iov, MAX_SKB_FRAGS);

We could solve it by using min_t(), but this operation seems entirely
unnecessary, because we also pass MAX_SKB_FRAGS to iov_iter_npages(),
which performs almost the same check, returning at most MAX_SKB_FRAGS
elements. So, let's eliminate this unnecessary comparison.

Fixes: 581512a6dc93 ("vsock/virtio: MSG_ZEROCOPY flag support")
Cc: avkrasnov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
index f6dc896bf44c..c8e162c9d1df 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ static bool virtio_transport_can_zcopy(const struct virtio_transport *t_ops,
t_ops = virtio_transport_get_ops(info->vsk);

if (t_ops->can_msgzerocopy) {
- int pages_in_iov = iov_iter_npages(iov_iter, MAX_SKB_FRAGS);
- int pages_to_send = min(pages_in_iov, MAX_SKB_FRAGS);
+ int pages_to_send = iov_iter_npages(iov_iter, MAX_SKB_FRAGS);

/* +1 is for packet header. */
return t_ops->can_msgzerocopy(pages_to_send + 1);
--
2.43.0