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Message-ID: <Yn/oKz6v5GkReeA3@casper.infradead.org>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 18:34:35 +0100
From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To: Vasily Averin <vvs@...nvz.org>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, kernel@...nvz.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nvdimm@...ts.linux.dev,
linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sparse: use force attribute for vm_fault_t casts
On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 05:26:21PM +0300, Vasily Averin wrote:
> Fixes sparse warnings:
> ./include/trace/events/fs_dax.h:10:1: sparse:
> got restricted vm_fault_t
> ./include/trace/events/fs_dax.h:153:1: sparse:
> got restricted vm_fault_t
> fs/dax.c:563:39: sparse: got restricted vm_fault_t
> fs/dax.c:565:39: sparse: got restricted vm_fault_t
> fs/dax.c:569:31: sparse: got restricted vm_fault_t
> fs/dax.c:1055:41: sparse:
> got restricted vm_fault_t [assigned] [usertype] ret
> fs/dax.c:1461:46: sparse: got restricted vm_fault_t [usertype] ret
> fs/dax.c:1477:21: sparse:
> expected restricted vm_fault_t [assigned] [usertype] ret
> fs/dax.c:1518:51: sparse:
> got restricted vm_fault_t [assigned] [usertype] ret
> fs/dax.c:1599:21: sparse:
> expected restricted vm_fault_t [assigned] [usertype] ret
> fs/dax.c:1633:62: sparse:
> got restricted vm_fault_t [assigned] [usertype] ret
> fs/dax.c:1696:55: sparse: got restricted vm_fault_t
> fs/dax.c:1711:58: sparse:
> got restricted vm_fault_t [assigned] [usertype] ret
>
> vm_fault_t type is bitwise and requires __force attribute for any casts.
Well, this patch is all kinds of messy. I would rather we had better
abstractions. For example ...
> @@ -560,13 +560,13 @@ static void *grab_mapping_entry(struct xa_state *xas,
> if (xas_nomem(xas, mapping_gfp_mask(mapping) & ~__GFP_HIGHMEM))
> goto retry;
> if (xas->xa_node == XA_ERROR(-ENOMEM))
> - return xa_mk_internal(VM_FAULT_OOM);
> + return xa_mk_internal((__force unsigned long)VM_FAULT_OOM);
> if (xas_error(xas))
> - return xa_mk_internal(VM_FAULT_SIGBUS);
> + return xa_mk_internal((__force unsigned long)VM_FAULT_SIGBUS);
> return entry;
> fallback:
> xas_unlock_irq(xas);
> - return xa_mk_internal(VM_FAULT_FALLBACK);
> + return xa_mk_internal((__force unsigned long)VM_FAULT_FALLBACK);
> }
return vm_fault_encode(VM_FAULT_xxx);
> /**
> @@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ static vm_fault_t dax_load_hole(struct xa_state *xas,
> DAX_ZERO_PAGE, false);
>
> ret = vmf_insert_mixed(vmf->vma, vaddr, pfn);
> - trace_dax_load_hole(inode, vmf, ret);
> + trace_dax_load_hole(inode, vmf, (__force int)ret);
Seems like trace_dax_load_hole() should take a vm_fault_t?
> - trace_dax_pte_fault(iter.inode, vmf, ret);
> + trace_dax_pte_fault(iter.inode, vmf, (__force int)ret);
Ditto.
> @@ -1474,7 +1474,7 @@ static vm_fault_t dax_iomap_pte_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf, pfn_t *pfnp,
>
> entry = grab_mapping_entry(&xas, mapping, 0);
> if (xa_is_internal(entry)) {
> - ret = xa_to_internal(entry);
> + ret = (__force vm_fault_t)xa_to_internal(entry);
vm_fault_decode(entry)?
... the others seem like more of the same. So I'm in favour of what
you're doing, but would rather it were done differently. Generally
seeing __force casts in the body of a function is a sign that things are
wrong; it's better to have them hidden in abstractions.
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