linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.4 074/101] x86/mpx: Use compatible types in comparison to fix sparse error

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Date:   Mon,  3 Jul 2017 15:35:14 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...izon.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.4 074/101] x86/mpx: Use compatible types in comparison to fix sparse error

4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>


[ Upstream commit 453828625731d0ba7218242ef6ec88f59408f368 ]

info->si_addr is of type void __user *, so it should be compared against
something from the same address space.

This fixes the following sparse error:

  arch/x86/mm/mpx.c:296:27: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces)

Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...izon.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 arch/x86/mm/mpx.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/x86/mm/mpx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/mpx.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ siginfo_t *mpx_generate_siginfo(struct p
 	 * We were not able to extract an address from the instruction,
 	 * probably because there was something invalid in it.
 	 */
-	if (info->si_addr == (void *)-1) {
+	if (info->si_addr == (void __user *)-1) {
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto err_out;
 	}