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Date:   Mon, 5 Jul 2021 16:54:34 +0530
From:   Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin98@gmail.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/5] staging: vchiq: Move vchiq char driver to its own
 file
Message-ID: <20210705112409.GA42167@ojas>
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On Mon, Jul 05, 2021 at 02:19:44PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 05, 2021 at 04:28:04PM +0530, Ojaswin Mujoo wrote:
> > Hello Dan,
> > 
> > On Mon, Jul 05, 2021 at 12:56:09PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > > Hi Ojaswin,
> > > 
> > > url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Ojaswin-Mujoo/vchiq-Patch-to-separate-platform-and-cdev-code/20210705-000124 
> > > base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git  77ad1f0e99bd00af024e650b862cfda3137af660
> > > config: i386-randconfig-m021-20210705 (attached as .config)
> > > compiler: gcc-9 (Debian 9.3.0-22) 9.3.0
> > > 
> > > If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
> > > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> > > Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
> > > 
> > > smatch warnings:
> > > drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_dev.c:1235 vchiq_release() warn: argument 3 to %lx specifier is cast from pointer
> > > 
> > > vim +1235 drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_dev.c
> > > 
> > > 62b5eb4fdf3f5f Ojaswin Mujoo 2021-07-04  1227  static int vchiq_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> > > 62b5eb4fdf3f5f Ojaswin Mujoo 2021-07-04  1228  {
> > > 62b5eb4fdf3f5f Ojaswin Mujoo 2021-07-04  1229  	struct vchiq_instance *instance = file->private_data;
> > > 62b5eb4fdf3f5f Ojaswin Mujoo 2021-07-04  1230  	struct vchiq_state *state = vchiq_get_state();
> > > 62b5eb4fdf3f5f Ojaswin Mujoo 2021-07-04  1231  	struct vchiq_service *service;
> > > 62b5eb4fdf3f5f Ojaswin Mujoo 2021-07-04  1232  	int ret = 0;
> > > 62b5eb4fdf3f5f Ojaswin Mujoo 2021-07-04  1233  	int i;
> > > 62b5eb4fdf3f5f Ojaswin Mujoo 2021-07-04  1234  
> > > 62b5eb4fdf3f5f Ojaswin Mujoo 2021-07-04 @1235  	vchiq_log_info(vchiq_arm_log_level, "%s: instance=%lx", __func__,
> > > 62b5eb4fdf3f5f Ojaswin Mujoo 2021-07-04  1236  		       (unsigned long)instance);
> > > 
> > > This should eventually be converted to %p so it doesn't defeat KASLR.
> > > (Not that we really care on raspberry pi, I think?)
> > Yes, that does seem right, however, this patchset only moves the code from
> > vchiq_arm.c to vchiq_dev.c and I've not really touched any of the
> > existing code itself (Except moving it to a new file which is why it shows up
> > in the patch). 
> > 
> > Hence, I'm not sure if this fix is in scope of this patchset. (I also
> > have a similar warning by kernel test robot here [1] which and I'm not
> > sure if I need to act upon). Maybe we can look at this in a separate
> > patch?
> 
> Yes.  Correct.  Don't mix this into the patch, do it "eventually".  Or
> you don't have to do it at all since it wasn't something you introduced.
> Someone will check the driver for Smatch warnings before it can be moved
> out of staging.
> 
> (I just forwarded the kbuild bot messages for informational purposes
> only).
Ahh okay, got it.

Thanks,
Ojaswin
> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>