On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 10:39:14AM -0800, Nuno Das Neves wrote:
> On 1/14/2026 10:15 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> > From: Michael Kelley <[email protected]>
> > 
> > access_ok() expects its first argument to have the __user attribute
> > since it is checking access to user space. Current code passes an
> > argument that lacks that attribute, resulting in 'sparse' flagging
> > the incorrect usage. However, the compiler doesn't generate code
> > based on the attribute, so there's no actual bug.
> > 
> > In the interest of general correctness and to avoid noise from sparse,
> > add the __user attribute. No functional change.
> > 
> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <[email protected]>
> > Closes: 
> > https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/[email protected]/
> > Signed-off-by: Michael Kelley <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >  drivers/hv/mshv_root_main.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/hv/mshv_root_main.c b/drivers/hv/mshv_root_main.c
> > index eff1b21461dc..5673af9fe101 100644
> > --- a/drivers/hv/mshv_root_main.c
> > +++ b/drivers/hv/mshv_root_main.c
> > @@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ mshv_map_user_memory(struct mshv_partition *partition,
> >     long ret;
> >  
> >     if (mem.flags & BIT(MSHV_SET_MEM_BIT_UNMAP) ||
> > -       !access_ok((const void *)mem.userspace_addr, mem.size))
> > +       !access_ok((const void __user *)mem.userspace_addr, mem.size))
> >             return -EINVAL;
> >  
> >     mmap_read_lock(current->mm);
> 
> Reviewed-by: Nuno Das Neves <[email protected]>

Applied.

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