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Date:   Wed,  2 Feb 2022 00:51:57 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Use ERR_PTR_USR() to return -EFAULT as a __user pointer

Use ERR_PTR_USR() when returning -EFAULT from kvm_get_attr_addr(), sparse
complains about implicitly casting the kernel pointer from ERR_PTR() into
a __user pointer.

>> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:4342:31: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in return expression
   (different address spaces) @@     expected void [noderef] __user * @@     got void * @@
   arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:4342:31: sparse:     expected void [noderef] __user *
   arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:4342:31: sparse:     got void *
>> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:4342:31: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in return expression
   (different address spaces) @@     expected void [noderef] __user * @@     got void * @@
   arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:4342:31: sparse:     expected void [noderef] __user *
   arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:4342:31: sparse:     got void *

No functional change intended.

Fixes: 56f289a8d23a ("KVM: x86: Add a helper to retrieve userspace address from kvm_device_attr")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index fec3dd4f0718..b533aab98172 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@
 u64 __read_mostly kvm_mce_cap_supported = MCG_CTL_P | MCG_SER_P;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_mce_cap_supported);
 
+#define  ERR_PTR_USR(e)  ((void __user *)ERR_PTR(e))
+
 #define emul_to_vcpu(ctxt) \
 	((struct kvm_vcpu *)(ctxt)->vcpu)
 
@@ -4340,7 +4342,7 @@ static inline void __user *kvm_get_attr_addr(struct kvm_device_attr *attr)
 	void __user *uaddr = (void __user*)(unsigned long)attr->addr;
 
 	if ((u64)(unsigned long)uaddr != attr->addr)
-		return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
+		return ERR_PTR_USR(-EFAULT);
 	return uaddr;
 }
 
@@ -11684,8 +11686,6 @@ void kvm_arch_sync_events(struct kvm *kvm)
 	kvm_free_pit(kvm);
 }
 
-#define  ERR_PTR_USR(e)  ((void __user *)ERR_PTR(e))
-
 /**
  * __x86_set_memory_region: Setup KVM internal memory slot
  *

base-commit: b2d2af7e5df37ee3a9ba6b405bdbb7691a5c2dfc
-- 
2.35.0.rc2.247.g8bbb082509-goog