[PATCH] KVM: arm64: Add endian casting to kvm_swap_s1_desc()

Marc Zyngier maz at kernel.org
Tue Nov 25 11:41:37 PST 2025


Keep sparse quiet by explicitly casting endianness conversion
when swapping S1 descriptors.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp at intel.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202511260246.JQDGsQKa-lkp@intel.com/
Fixes: c59ca4b5b0c3f ("KVM: arm64: Implement HW access flag management in stage-1 SW PTW")
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kvm/at.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c
index f774a02d9393b..d25fef0f66e21 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c
@@ -386,11 +386,11 @@ static int kvm_swap_s1_desc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 pa, u64 old, u64 new,
 			    struct s1_walk_info *wi)
 {
 	if (wi->be) {
-		old = cpu_to_be64(old);
-		new = cpu_to_be64(new);
+		old = (__force u64)cpu_to_be64(old);
+		new = (__force u64)cpu_to_be64(new);
 	} else {
-		old = cpu_to_le64(old);
-		new = cpu_to_le64(new);
+		old = (__force u64)cpu_to_le64(old);
+		new = (__force u64)cpu_to_le64(new);
 	}
 
 	return __kvm_at_swap_desc(vcpu->kvm, pa, old, new);
-- 
2.47.3




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