netdev - [PATCH bpf-next] bpf: Fix distinct pointer types warning for ARCH=i386

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Date:   Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:01:01 -0700
From:   Andrey Ignatov <rdna@...com>
To:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Andrey Ignatov <rdna@...com>, <ast@...nel.org>,
        <daniel@...earbox.net>, <kernel-team@...com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next] bpf: Fix distinct pointer types warning for ARCH=i386

Fix a new warning reported by kbuild for make ARCH=i386:

   In file included from kernel/bpf/cgroup.c:11:0:
   kernel/bpf/cgroup.c: In function '__cgroup_bpf_run_filter_sysctl':
   include/linux/kernel.h:827:29: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
      (!!(sizeof((typeof(x) *)1 == (typeof(y) *)1)))
                                ^
   include/linux/kernel.h:841:4: note: in expansion of macro '__typecheck'
      (__typecheck(x, y) && __no_side_effects(x, y))
       ^~~~~~~~~~~
   include/linux/kernel.h:851:24: note: in expansion of macro '__safe_cmp'
     __builtin_choose_expr(__safe_cmp(x, y), \
                           ^~~~~~~~~~
   include/linux/kernel.h:860:19: note: in expansion of macro '__careful_cmp'
    #define min(x, y) __careful_cmp(x, y, <)
                      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> kernel/bpf/cgroup.c:837:17: note: in expansion of macro 'min'
      ctx.new_len = min(PAGE_SIZE, *pcount);
                    ^~~

Fixes: 4e63acdff864 ("bpf: Introduce bpf_sysctl_{get,set}_new_value helpers")
Signed-off-by: Andrey Ignatov <rdna@...com>
---
 kernel/bpf/cgroup.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c b/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c
index 789d4ab2336e..e58a6c247f56 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ int __cgroup_bpf_run_filter_sysctl(struct ctl_table_header *head,
 		 * buffer bigger than provided by user.
 		 */
 		ctx.new_val = kmalloc_track_caller(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-		ctx.new_len = min(PAGE_SIZE, *pcount);
+		ctx.new_len = min_t(size_t, PAGE_SIZE, *pcount);
 		if (!ctx.new_val ||
 		    copy_from_user(ctx.new_val, buf, ctx.new_len))
 			/* Let BPF program decide how to proceed. */
-- 
2.17.1