linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] accel/amdxdna: Fix incorrect type used for a local variable

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Message-ID: <3a831b90-e610-40ed-9017-1ba7ca66a0bb@amd.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 12:21:34 -0500
From: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>
To: Lizhi Hou <lizhi.hou@....com>, ogabbay@...nel.org,
 quic_jhugo@...cinc.com, jacek.lawrynowicz@...ux.intel.com,
 dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, max.zhen@....com, sonal.santan@....com,
 kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] accel/amdxdna: Fix incorrect type used for a local
 variable

On 8/26/2025 12:19 PM, Lizhi Hou wrote:
> drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.c:794:13: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces)
> 
> Fixes: c8cea4371e5e ("accel/amdxdna: Add a function to walk hardware contexts")
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202508230855.0b9efFl6-lkp@intel.com/
> Signed-off-by: Lizhi Hou <lizhi.hou@....com>

Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>

> ---
>   drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.c | 3 ++-
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.c b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.c
> index 16ac0cab4f44..7a3449541107 100644
> --- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/aie2_pci.c
> @@ -785,8 +785,9 @@ static int aie2_get_clock_metadata(struct amdxdna_client *client,
>   
>   static int aie2_hwctx_status_cb(struct amdxdna_hwctx *hwctx, void *arg)
>   {
> -	struct amdxdna_drm_query_hwctx __user *buf, *tmp __free(kfree) = NULL;
> +	struct amdxdna_drm_query_hwctx *tmp __free(kfree) = NULL;
>   	struct amdxdna_drm_get_info *get_info_args = arg;
> +	struct amdxdna_drm_query_hwctx __user *buf;
>   
>   	if (get_info_args->buffer_size < sizeof(*tmp))
>   		return -EINVAL;