The copy_user_handle_tail() clearly uses both from and to as pointers to user-space memory. This triggers sparse warning on using the calls to get and put to user-space. This can be fixed easily by changing the call to take __user annotated pointer.s
arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c:68:21: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces) arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c:68:21: expected void const volatile [noderef] <asn:1>*<noident> arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c:68:21: got char * arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c:70:21: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces) arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c:70:21: expected void const volatile [noderef] <asn:1>*<noident> arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c:70:21: got char *to Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben.do...@codethink.co.uk> --- arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h | 2 +- arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h index a9d637bc301d..cbca2cb28939 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ __copy_from_user_flushcache(void *dst, const void __user *src, unsigned size) } unsigned long -copy_user_handle_tail(char *to, char *from, unsigned len); +copy_user_handle_tail(char __user *to, char __user *from, unsigned len); unsigned long mcsafe_handle_tail(char *to, char *from, unsigned len); diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c index ee42bb0cbeb3..aa180424e77a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c +++ b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(clear_user); * it is not necessary to optimize tail handling. */ __visible unsigned long -copy_user_handle_tail(char *to, char *from, unsigned len) +copy_user_handle_tail(char __user *to, char __user *from, unsigned len) { for (; len; --len, to++) { char c; -- 2.20.1