linux-kernel - [tip:locking/rcuref 2/2] arch/alpha/include/asm/xchg.h:234:32: sparse: sparse: cast truncates bits from constant value (ffffffffe0000000 becomes 0)

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Message-ID: <202303300857.c20wTtqR-lkp@intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 30 Mar 2023 08:38:08 +0800
From:   kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     oe-kbuild-all@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: [tip:locking/rcuref 2/2] arch/alpha/include/asm/xchg.h:234:32:
 sparse: sparse: cast truncates bits from constant value (ffffffffe0000000
 becomes 0)

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git locking/rcuref
head:   ee1ee6db07795d9637bc5e8993a8ddcf886541ef
commit: ee1ee6db07795d9637bc5e8993a8ddcf886541ef [2/2] atomics: Provide rcuref - scalable reference counting
config: alpha-randconfig-s052-20230329 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20230330/202303300857.c20wTtqR-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: alpha-linux-gcc (GCC) 12.1.0
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: v0.6.4-39-gce1a6720-dirty
        # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=ee1ee6db07795d9637bc5e8993a8ddcf886541ef
        git remote add tip https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git
        git fetch --no-tags tip locking/rcuref
        git checkout ee1ee6db07795d9637bc5e8993a8ddcf886541ef
        # save the config file
        mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config
        COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-12.1.0 make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=alpha olddefconfig
        COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-12.1.0 make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=alpha SHELL=/bin/bash

If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
| Link: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202303300857.c20wTtqR-lkp@intel.com/

sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)
   lib/rcuref.c: note: in included file (through arch/alpha/include/asm/cmpxchg.h, arch/alpha/include/asm/atomic.h, include/linux/atomic.h, ...):
>> arch/alpha/include/asm/xchg.h:234:32: sparse: sparse: cast truncates bits from constant value (ffffffffe0000000 becomes 0)
   arch/alpha/include/asm/xchg.h:236:32: sparse: sparse: cast truncates bits from constant value (ffffffffe0000000 becomes 0)

vim +234 arch/alpha/include/asm/xchg.h

a6209d6d71f2ab Ivan Kokshaysky 2009-03-31  227  
a6209d6d71f2ab Ivan Kokshaysky 2009-03-31  228  static __always_inline unsigned long
a6209d6d71f2ab Ivan Kokshaysky 2009-03-31  229  ____cmpxchg(, volatile void *ptr, unsigned long old, unsigned long new,
a6209d6d71f2ab Ivan Kokshaysky 2009-03-31  230  	      int size)
a6209d6d71f2ab Ivan Kokshaysky 2009-03-31  231  {
a6209d6d71f2ab Ivan Kokshaysky 2009-03-31  232  	switch (size) {
a6209d6d71f2ab Ivan Kokshaysky 2009-03-31  233  		case 1:
a6209d6d71f2ab Ivan Kokshaysky 2009-03-31 @234  			return ____cmpxchg(_u8, ptr, old, new);
a6209d6d71f2ab Ivan Kokshaysky 2009-03-31  235  		case 2:
a6209d6d71f2ab Ivan Kokshaysky 2009-03-31  236  			return ____cmpxchg(_u16, ptr, old, new);
a6209d6d71f2ab Ivan Kokshaysky 2009-03-31  237  		case 4:
a6209d6d71f2ab Ivan Kokshaysky 2009-03-31  238  			return ____cmpxchg(_u32, ptr, old, new);
a6209d6d71f2ab Ivan Kokshaysky 2009-03-31  239  		case 8:
a6209d6d71f2ab Ivan Kokshaysky 2009-03-31  240  			return ____cmpxchg(_u64, ptr, old, new);
a6209d6d71f2ab Ivan Kokshaysky 2009-03-31  241  	}
a6209d6d71f2ab Ivan Kokshaysky 2009-03-31  242  	__cmpxchg_called_with_bad_pointer();
a6209d6d71f2ab Ivan Kokshaysky 2009-03-31  243  	return old;
a6209d6d71f2ab Ivan Kokshaysky 2009-03-31  244  }
a6209d6d71f2ab Ivan Kokshaysky 2009-03-31  245  

:::::: The code at line 234 was first introduced by commit
:::::: a6209d6d71f2ab8c63cc1587ef65490d83022baf alpha: xchg/cmpxchg cleanup and fixes

:::::: TO: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>
:::::: CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>

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