Re: [PATCH 3/3] percpu: Cast percpu pointer in PERCPU_PTR() via unsigned long

[Gal Pressman <gal@nvidia.com>]

On 18/12/2024 10:40, Uros Bizjak wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 8:54 AM Gal Pressman <gal@nvidia.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 21/10/2024 11:07, Uros Bizjak wrote:
>>> Cast pointer from percpu address space to generic (kernel) address
>>> space in PERCPU_PTR() macro via unsigned long intermediate cast [1].
>>> This intermediate cast is also required to avoid build failure
>>> when GCC's strict named address space checks for x86 targets [2]
>>> are enabled.
>>>
>>> Found by GCC's named address space checks.
>>>
>>> [1] https://sparse.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/annotations.html#address-space-name
>>> [2] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Named-Address-Spaces.html#x86-Named-Address-Spaces
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
>>> Cc: Dennis Zhou <dennis@kernel.org>
>>> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
>>> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
>>> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
>>> ---
>>>  include/linux/percpu-defs.h | 5 ++++-
>>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
>>> index e1cf7982424f..35842d1e3879 100644
>>> --- a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
>>> +++ b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
>>> @@ -221,7 +221,10 @@ do {                                                                     \
>>>  } while (0)
>>>
>>>  #define PERCPU_PTR(__p)                                                      \
>>> -     (typeof(*(__p)) __force __kernel *)(__p);
>>> +({                                                                   \
>>> +     unsigned long __pcpu_ptr = (__force unsigned long)(__p);        \
>>> +     (typeof(*(__p)) __force __kernel *)(__pcpu_ptr);                \
>>> +})
>>>
>>>  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>>>
>>
>> Hello Uros,
>>
>> We've encountered a kernel panic on boot [1] bisected to this patch.
>> I believe the patch is fine and the issue is caused by a compiler bug.
>> The panic reproduces when compiling the kernel with gcc 11.3.1, but does
>> not reproduce with latest gcc/clang.
>>
>> I have a patch that workarounds the issue by ditching the intermediate
>> variable and does the casting in a single line. Will that be enough to
>> solve the sparse/build issues?
> 
> Yes, single line like:
> 
> (typeof(*(__p)) __force __kernel *)(__force unsigned long)(__pcpu_ptr);
> 
> should be OK.
> 
> Thanks,
> Uros.

Awesome, I'll submit a patch unless I hear any objections.
Thanks Uros!