[PATCH 1/2] riscv: Fix sparse warning in __get_user_error()
Clément Léger
cleger at rivosinc.com
Thu Sep 4 06:50:24 PDT 2025
On 03/09/2025 20:53, Alexandre Ghiti wrote:
> We used to assign 0 to x without an appropriate cast which results in
> sparse complaining when x is a pointer:
>
>>> block/ioctl.c:72:39: sparse: sparse: Using plain integer as NULL pointer
>
> So fix this by casting 0 to the correct type of x.
>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp at intel.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202508062321.gHv4kvuY-lkp@intel.com/
> Fixes: f6bff7827a48 ("riscv: uaccess: use 'asm_goto_output' for get_user()")
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti at rivosinc.com>
> ---
> arch/riscv/include/asm/uaccess.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/uaccess.h
> index 22e3f52a763d1c0350e8185225e4c99aac3fc549..551e7490737effb2c238e6a4db50293ece7c9df9 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/uaccess.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/uaccess.h
> @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ do { \
> err = 0; \
> break; \
> __gu_failed: \
> - x = 0; \
> + x = (__typeof__(x))0; \
> err = -EFAULT; \
> } while (0)
>
>
Hi Alex,
I applied that and checked that the sparse warnings were fixed as well,
looks good to me.
Reviewed-by: Clément Léger <cleger at rivosinc.com>
Thanks,
Clément
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