From: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>
To: Nuno Das Neves <nunodasneves@linux.microsoft.com>
Cc: mhklinux@outlook.com, kys@microsoft.com, haiyangz@microsoft.com,
wei.liu@kernel.org, decui@microsoft.com, longli@microsoft.com,
linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] mshv: Add __user attribute to argument passed to access_ok()
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 07:12:18 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260115071218.GE3557088@liuwe-devbox-debian-v2.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <eb163338-cd03-49c6-8c44-f6fac39ba7f6@linux.microsoft.com>
On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 10:39:14AM -0800, Nuno Das Neves wrote:
> On 1/14/2026 10:15 AM, mhkelley58@gmail.com wrote:
> > From: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@outlook.com>
> >
> > access_ok() expects its first argument to have the __user attribute
> > since it is checking access to user space. Current code passes an
> > argument that lacks that attribute, resulting in 'sparse' flagging
> > the incorrect usage. However, the compiler doesn't generate code
> > based on the attribute, so there's no actual bug.
> >
> > In the interest of general correctness and to avoid noise from sparse,
> > add the __user attribute. No functional change.
> >
> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202512141339.791TCKnB-lkp@intel.com/
> > Signed-off-by: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@outlook.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/hv/mshv_root_main.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/hv/mshv_root_main.c b/drivers/hv/mshv_root_main.c
> > index eff1b21461dc..5673af9fe101 100644
> > --- a/drivers/hv/mshv_root_main.c
> > +++ b/drivers/hv/mshv_root_main.c
> > @@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ mshv_map_user_memory(struct mshv_partition *partition,
> > long ret;
> >
> > if (mem.flags & BIT(MSHV_SET_MEM_BIT_UNMAP) ||
> > - !access_ok((const void *)mem.userspace_addr, mem.size))
> > + !access_ok((const void __user *)mem.userspace_addr, mem.size))
> > return -EINVAL;
> >
> > mmap_read_lock(current->mm);
>
> Reviewed-by: Nuno Das Neves <nunodasneves@linux.microsoft.com>
Applied.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-15 7:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-14 18:15 [PATCH 1/1] mshv: Add __user attribute to argument passed to access_ok() mhkelley58
2026-01-14 18:39 ` Nuno Das Neves
2026-01-15 7:12 ` Wei Liu [this message]
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