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Date:   Sat, 4 Jun 2022 17:09:40 +0800
From:   kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     kbuild-all@...ts.01.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: drivers/vhost/vringh.c:586:18: sparse: sparse: restricted __virtio16
 degrades to integer

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head:   032dcf09e2bf7c822be25b4abef7a6c913870d98
commit: a97b693c3712f040c5802f32b2d685352e08cefa uaccess: fix nios2 and microblaze get_user_8()
date:   3 months ago
config: microblaze-randconfig-s031-20220603 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20220604/202206041728.NyW4skUB-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: microblaze-linux-gcc (GCC) 11.3.0
reproduce:
        wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
        chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.4-18-g56afb504-dirty
        # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a97b693c3712f040c5802f32b2d685352e08cefa
        git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
        git fetch --no-tags linus master
        git checkout a97b693c3712f040c5802f32b2d685352e08cefa
        # save the config file
        mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config
        COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-11.3.0 make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=microblaze SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/vhost/

If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>


sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)
>> drivers/vhost/vringh.c:586:18: sparse: sparse: restricted __virtio16 degrades to integer
>> drivers/vhost/vringh.c:586:18: sparse: sparse: restricted __virtio16 degrades to integer
   drivers/vhost/vringh.c:586:18: sparse: sparse: cast to restricted __virtio16

vim +586 drivers/vhost/vringh.c

f87d0fbb579818 Rusty Russell      2013-03-20  581  
f87d0fbb579818 Rusty Russell      2013-03-20  582  /* Userspace access helpers: in this case, addresses are really userspace. */
b9f7ac8c72894c Michael S. Tsirkin 2014-12-12  583  static inline int getu16_user(const struct vringh *vrh, u16 *val, const __virtio16 *p)
f87d0fbb579818 Rusty Russell      2013-03-20  584  {
b9f7ac8c72894c Michael S. Tsirkin 2014-12-12  585  	__virtio16 v = 0;
b9f7ac8c72894c Michael S. Tsirkin 2014-12-12 @586  	int rc = get_user(v, (__force __virtio16 __user *)p);
b9f7ac8c72894c Michael S. Tsirkin 2014-12-12  587  	*val = vringh16_to_cpu(vrh, v);
b9f7ac8c72894c Michael S. Tsirkin 2014-12-12  588  	return rc;
f87d0fbb579818 Rusty Russell      2013-03-20  589  }
f87d0fbb579818 Rusty Russell      2013-03-20  590  

:::::: The code at line 586 was first introduced by commit
:::::: b9f7ac8c72894c19bf258a54ecaa708df4ffbe80 vringh: update for virtio 1.0 APIs

:::::: TO: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
:::::: CC: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>

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