linux-kernel - [PATCH] mei: vsc: Cast tx_buf to (__be32 *) when passed to cpu_to_be32

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Message-ID: <20250507090728.115910-1-hdegoede@redhat.com>
Date: Wed,  7 May 2025 11:07:28 +0200
From: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
To: Wentong Wu <wentong.wu@...el.com>,
	Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
	Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
	Stanislaw Gruszka <stanislaw.gruszka@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH] mei: vsc: Cast tx_buf to (__be32 *) when passed to cpu_to_be32_array()

Commit f88c0c72ffb0 ("mei: vsc: Use struct vsc_tp_packet as vsc-tp tx_buf
and rx_buf type") changed the type of tx_buf from "void *" to "struct
vsc_tp_packet *" and added a cast to (u32 *) when passing it to
cpu_to_be32_array() and the same change was made for rx_buf.

This triggers the type-check warning in sparse:

vsc-tp.c:327:28: sparse: expected restricted __be32 [usertype] *dst
vsc-tp.c:327:28: sparse: got unsigned int [usertype] *

vsc-tp.c:343:42: sparse: expected restricted __be32 const [usertype] *src
vsc-tp.c:343:42: sparse: got unsigned int [usertype] *

Fix this by casting to (__be32 *) instead.

Note actually changing the type of the buffers to "be32 *" is not an option
this buffer does actually contain a "struct vsc_tp_packet" and is used
as such most of the time. vsc_tp_rom_xfer() re-uses the buffers as just
dumb arrays of 32 bit words to talk to the device before the firmware has
booted, to avoid needing to allocate a separate buffer.

Fixes: f88c0c72ffb0 ("mei: vsc: Use struct vsc_tp_packet as vsc-tp tx_buf and rx_buf type")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202505071634.kZ0I7Va6-lkp@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/misc/mei/vsc-tp.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/vsc-tp.c b/drivers/misc/mei/vsc-tp.c
index da26a080916c..267d0de5fade 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/vsc-tp.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/vsc-tp.c
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ int vsc_tp_rom_xfer(struct vsc_tp *tp, const void *obuf, void *ibuf, size_t len)
 	guard(mutex)(&tp->mutex);
 
 	/* rom xfer is big endian */
-	cpu_to_be32_array((u32 *)tp->tx_buf, obuf, words);
+	cpu_to_be32_array((__be32 *)tp->tx_buf, obuf, words);
 
 	ret = read_poll_timeout(gpiod_get_value_cansleep, ret,
 				!ret, VSC_TP_ROM_XFER_POLL_DELAY_US,
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ int vsc_tp_rom_xfer(struct vsc_tp *tp, const void *obuf, void *ibuf, size_t len)
 		return ret;
 
 	if (ibuf)
-		be32_to_cpu_array(ibuf, (u32 *)tp->rx_buf, words);
+		be32_to_cpu_array(ibuf, (__be32 *)tp->rx_buf, words);
 
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
2.49.0