Re: [PATCH v6 1/4] uio: introduce UIO_MEM_DMA_COHERENT type

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Fri Mar 22 2024 - 10:16:34 EST


On Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 12:01:37PM -0800, Chris Leech wrote:
> Add a UIO memtype specifically for sharing dma_alloc_coherent
> memory with userspace, backed by dma_mmap_coherent.
>
> This is mainly for the bnx2/bnx2x/bnx2i "cnic" interface, although there
> are a few other uio drivers which map dma_alloc_coherent memory and will
> be converted to use dma_mmap_coherent as well.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nilesh Javali <njavali@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Leech <cleech@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Building i386:allyesconfig ... failed
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Error log:
drivers/uio/uio.c: In function 'uio_mmap_dma_coherent':
drivers/uio/uio.c:795:16: error: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Werror=int-to-pointer-cast]
795 | addr = (void *)mem->addr;
| ^
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
make[5]: [scripts/Makefile.build:244: drivers/uio/uio.o] Error 1 (ignored)
drivers/uio/uio_dmem_genirq.c: In function 'uio_dmem_genirq_open':
drivers/uio/uio_dmem_genirq.c:63:39: error: cast from pointer to integer of different size [-Werror=pointer-to-int-cast]
63 | uiomem->addr = addr ? (phys_addr_t) addr : DMEM_MAP_ERROR;
| ^
drivers/uio/uio_dmem_genirq.c: In function 'uio_dmem_genirq_release':
drivers/uio/uio_dmem_genirq.c:92:43: error: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Werror=int-to-pointer-cast]
92 | (void *) uiomem->addr,
| ^
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
make[5]: [scripts/Makefile.build:244: drivers/uio/uio_dmem_genirq.o] Error 1 (ignored)
drivers/uio/uio_pruss.c: In function 'pruss_probe':
drivers/uio/uio_pruss.c:194:34: error: cast from pointer to integer of different size [-Werror=pointer-to-int-cast]
194 | p->mem[2].addr = (phys_addr_t) gdev->ddr_vaddr;
| ^
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors

Caused by this patch and "uio_dmem_genirq: UIO_MEM_DMA_COHERENT conversion" as well
as "uio_pruss: UIO_MEM_DMA_COHERENT conversion".

I'd suggest to make uio dependent on 64 bit if 32 bit is no longer supported
to prevent waste of test builds resources.

Guenter