From: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
To: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>
Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>,
Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@baylibre.com>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@googlemail.com>,
linux-amlogic@lists.infradead.org,
Kevin Hilman <khilman@baylibre.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: meson_sm: Fix memcpy vs iomem type warnings
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2023 07:16:27 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <202306010716.02A835503C@keescook> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9158d9ca-fe00-760c-4c95-f2ee045038ee@linaro.org>
On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 10:59:14AM +0200, Neil Armstrong wrote:
> On 17/05/2023 20:25, Kees Cook wrote:
> > *thread necromancy*
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 05:25:13PM +0200, Neil Armstrong wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On Wed, 12 Oct 2022 11:53:16 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > > > Use memcpy_{toio,fromio}() instead of memcpy(). Silences warnings from
> > > > Sparse:
> > > >
> > > > drivers/firmware/meson/meson_sm.c:170:17: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> > > > drivers/firmware/meson/meson_sm.c:170:17: expected void const *
> > > > drivers/firmware/meson/meson_sm.c:170:17: got void [noderef] __iomem *sm_shmem_out_base
> > > > drivers/firmware/meson/meson_sm.c:170:17: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces)
> > > > drivers/firmware/meson/meson_sm.c:170:17: expected void const *
> > > > drivers/firmware/meson/meson_sm.c:170:17: got void [noderef] __iomem *sm_shmem_out_base
> > > > drivers/firmware/meson/meson_sm.c:206:9: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> > > > drivers/firmware/meson/meson_sm.c:206:9: expected void const *
> > > > drivers/firmware/meson/meson_sm.c:206:9: got void [noderef] __iomem *sm_shmem_in_base
> > > > drivers/firmware/meson/meson_sm.c:206:9: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> > > > drivers/firmware/meson/meson_sm.c:206:9: expected void const *
> > > > drivers/firmware/meson/meson_sm.c:206:9: got void [noderef] __iomem *sm_shmem_in_base
> > > > drivers/firmware/meson/meson_sm.c:206:9: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> > > > drivers/firmware/meson/meson_sm.c:206:9: expected void const *
> > > > drivers/firmware/meson/meson_sm.c:206:9: got void [noderef] __iomem *sm_shmem_in_base
> > > > drivers/firmware/meson/meson_sm.c:206:9: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> > > > drivers/firmware/meson/meson_sm.c:206:9: expected void *
> > > > drivers/firmware/meson/meson_sm.c:206:9: got void [noderef] __iomem *sm_shmem_in_base
> > > >
> > > > [...]
> > >
> > > Thanks, Applied to https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/amlogic/linux.git (v6.2/drivers)
> > >
> > > [1/1] firmware: meson_sm: Fix memcpy vs iomem type warnings
> > > https://git.kernel.org/amlogic/c/7dc69c7d073e6004a281db8f7f15cf6ebf702ea0
> > >
> > > These changes has been applied on the intermediate git tree [1].
> > >
> > > The v6.2/drivers branch will then be sent via a formal Pull Request to the Linux SoC maintainers
> > > for inclusion in their intermediate git branches in order to be sent to Linus during
> > > the next merge window, or sooner if it's a set of fixes.
> > >
> > > In the cases of fixes, those will be merged in the current release candidate
> > > kernel and as soon they appear on the Linux master branch they will be
> > > backported to the previous Stable and Long-Stable kernels [2].
> > >
> > > The intermediate git branches are merged daily in the linux-next tree [3],
> > > people are encouraged testing these pre-release kernels and report issues on the
> > > relevant mailing-lists.
> > >
> > > If problems are discovered on those changes, please submit a signed-off-by revert
> > > patch followed by a corrective changeset.
> > >
> > > [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/amlogic/linux.git
> > > [2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
> > > [3] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git
> >
> > Hi! This change seems to have never been mainlined and seems to have
> > disappeared from linux-next.
> >
> Hi,
>
> Indeed it was rejected by Arnd, but I failed to find time to investigate how to fix it
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/4a6b34ef-f5d2-4e56-a7f6-6a7c9cdda416@app.fastmail.com/
Ah-ha! Thanks for the pointer.
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Kees Cook
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-06-01 14:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-10-12 18:53 [PATCH] firmware: meson_sm: Fix memcpy vs iomem type warnings Kees Cook
2022-10-13 6:35 ` Neil Armstrong
2022-10-17 15:25 ` Neil Armstrong
2023-05-17 18:25 ` Kees Cook
2023-05-31 8:59 ` Neil Armstrong
2023-06-01 14:16 ` Kees Cook [this message]
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