-----"Jason Gunthorpe" <j...@ziepe.ca> wrote: ----- >To: "Bernard Metzler" <b...@zurich.ibm.com> >From: "Jason Gunthorpe" <j...@ziepe.ca> >Date: 08/19/2019 03:52PM >Cc: "Geert Uytterhoeven" <ge...@linux-m68k.org>, "Doug Ledford" ><dledf...@redhat.com>, linux-r...@vger.kernel.org, >linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Re: [PATCH] RDMA/siw: Fix compiler warnings >on 32-bit due to u64/pointer abuse > >On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 01:36:11PM +0000, Bernard Metzler wrote: >> >If the value is really a kernel pointer, then it ought to be >printed >> >with %p. We have been getting demanding on this point lately in >RDMA >> >to enforce the ability to keep kernel pointers secret. >> > >> >> - wqe->sqe.sge[0].laddr = (u64)&wqe->sqe.sge[1]; >> >> + wqe->sqe.sge[0].laddr = (uintptr_t)&wqe->sqe.sge[1]; >> > >> >[..] >> > >> >> rv = siw_rx_kva(srx, >> >> - (void *)(sge->laddr + frx->sge_off), >> >> + (void *)(uintptr_t)(sge->laddr + >> >> frx->sge_off), >> >> sge_bytes); >> > >> >Bernard, this is nonsense, what is going on here with sge->laddr >that >> >it can't be a void *? >> > >> siw_sge is defined in siw-abi.h. We make the address u64 to keep >the ABI >> arch independent. > >Eh? How does the siw-abi.h store a kernel pointer? Sounds like kernel >and user types are being mixed. >
siw-abi.h defines the work queue elements of a siw send queue. For user land, the send queue is mmapped. Kernel or user land clients write to its send queue when posting work (SGE: buffer address, length, local key). Thanks, Bernard.
