linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] ACPI / boot: Correct address space of __acpi_map

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Date:   Mon, 17 Jul 2017 17:49:49 +0800
From:   Hanjun Guo <guohanjun@...wei.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, <x86@...nel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] ACPI / boot: Correct address space of
 __acpi_map_table()

On 2017/7/8 23:50, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> Sparse complains about wrong address space used in __acpi_map_table()
> and in __acpi_unmap_table().
>
> arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c:127:29: warning: incorrect type in return expression (different address spaces)
> arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c:127:29:    expected char *
> arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c:127:29:    got void [noderef] <asn:2>*
> arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c:135:23: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c:135:23:    expected void [noderef] <asn:2>*addr
> arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c:135:23:    got char *map
>
> Correct address space to be in align of type of returned and passed
> parameter.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c | 4 ++--
>  include/linux/acpi.h        | 4 ++--
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
> index 6d534af94761..ac9bb564f004 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
> @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static u32 isa_irq_to_gsi[NR_IRQS_LEGACY] __read_mostly = {
>   * This is just a simple wrapper around early_ioremap(),
>   * with sanity checks for phys == 0 and size == 0.
>   */
> -char *__init __acpi_map_table(unsigned long phys, unsigned long size)
> +void __init __iomem *__acpi_map_table(unsigned long phys, unsigned long size)
>  {
>  
>  	if (!phys || !size)
> @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ char *__init __acpi_map_table(unsigned long phys, unsigned long size)
>  	return early_ioremap(phys, size);
>  }
>  
> -void __init __acpi_unmap_table(char *map, unsigned long size)
> +void __init __acpi_unmap_table(void __iomem *map, unsigned long size)
>  {
>  	if (!map || !size)
>  		return;
> diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
> index 99f96df83dd8..17cb57a533bb 100644
> --- a/include/linux/acpi.h
> +++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
> @@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ struct acpi_subtable_proc {
>  	int count;
>  };
>  
> -char * __acpi_map_table (unsigned long phys_addr, unsigned long size);
> -void __acpi_unmap_table(char *map, unsigned long size);
> +void __iomem *__acpi_map_table(unsigned long phys_addr, unsigned long size);
> +void __acpi_unmap_table(void __iomem *map, unsigned long size);

This breaks ACPI compile on ARM64 as ARM64 has its definition for those
two functions, I see patches in linux-next already, should I add a patch on top
to fix it, or this patch should be respined?

Thanks
Hanjun