linux-kernel - Re: arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c:99:30: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in return expression (different address spaces)

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Date:   Tue, 23 Jun 2020 00:42:22 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Cc:     Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@...il.com>,
        kbuild-all@...ts.01.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c:99:30: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in
 return expression (different address spaces)

On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 11:53 PM kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com> wrote:
>
> tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
> head:   dd0d718152e4c65b173070d48ea9dfc06894c3e5
> commit: 670d0a4b10704667765f7d18f7592993d02783aa sparse: use identifiers to define address spaces
> date:   4 days ago
> config: arm64-randconfig-s031-20200622 (attached as .config)
> compiler: aarch64-linux-gcc (GCC) 9.3.0
> reproduce:
>         # apt-get install sparse
>         # sparse version: v0.6.2-rc1-18-g27caae40-dirty
>         git checkout 670d0a4b10704667765f7d18f7592993d02783aa
>         # save the attached .config to linux build tree
>         make W=1 C=1 ARCH=arm64 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__'
>
> If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
>
>
> sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)
>
> >> arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c:99:30: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in return expression (different address spaces) @@     expected void [noderef] __iomem * @@     got void * @@
> >> arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c:99:30: sparse:     expected void [noderef] __iomem *
>    arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c:99:30: sparse:     got void *
> >> arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c:107:24: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces) @@     expected void *addr @@     got void [noderef] __iomem *map @@
>    arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c:107:24: sparse:     expected void *addr
> >> arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c:107:24: sparse:     got void [noderef] __iomem *map

...

> 6c9a58e84e59a2 Andy Shevchenko 2017-07-18   94  void __init __iomem *__acpi_map_table(unsigned long phys, unsigned long size)
> 6c9a58e84e59a2 Andy Shevchenko 2017-07-18  102  void __init __acpi_unmap_table(void __iomem *map, unsigned long size)

Seems like a new sparse fixed some sparse issues and reveals that the
above was a mistake and should be reverted.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko