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From: Jeroen Roovers <jer@xs4all.nl>
To: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>,
	Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>,
	Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>,
	"James E . J . Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>,
	Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] net: i825xx: Use absolute_pointer for memcpy on fixed memory location
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 18:11:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210912181148.60f147c8@wim.jer> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210912160149.2227137-3-linux@roeck-us.net>

On Sun, 12 Sep 2021 09:01:47 -0700
Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> wrote:

> gcc 11.x reports the following compiler warning/error.
> 
> drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/82596.c: In function 'i82596_probe':
>     ./arch/m68k/include/asm/string.h:72:25: error:
>             '__builtin_memcpy' reading 6 bytes from a region of size 0
>                     [-Werror=stringop-overread]
> 
> Use absolute_address() to work around the problem.

=> absolute_pointer()

> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/82596.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/82596.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/82596.c index
> b8a40146b895..b482f6f633bd 100644 ---
> a/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/82596.c +++
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/82596.c @@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ static
> struct net_device * __init i82596_probe(void) err = -ENODEV;
>  			goto out;
>  		}
> -		memcpy(eth_addr, (void *) 0xfffc1f2c,
> ETH_ALEN);	/* YUCK! Get addr from NOVRAM */
> +		memcpy(eth_addr, absolute_pointer(0xfffc1f2c),
> ETH_ALEN); /* YUCK! Get addr from NOVRAM */ dev->base_addr =
> MVME_I596_BASE; dev->irq = (unsigned) MVME16x_IRQ_I596;
>  		goto found;


Regards,
      jer

  reply	other threads:[~2021-09-12 16:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-12 16:01 [PATCH 0/4] Introduce and use absolute_pointer macro Guenter Roeck
2021-09-12 16:01 ` [PATCH 1/4] compiler.h: Introduce " Guenter Roeck
2021-09-12 16:01 ` [PATCH 2/4] net: i825xx: Use absolute_pointer for memcpy on fixed memory location Guenter Roeck
2021-09-12 16:11   ` Jeroen Roovers [this message]
2021-09-12 16:16     ` Guenter Roeck
2021-09-12 16:01 ` [PATCH 3/4] parisc: Use absolute_pointer for memcmp " Guenter Roeck
2021-09-12 19:11   ` Linus Torvalds
2021-09-12 19:58     ` Helge Deller
2021-09-12 20:28       ` Guenter Roeck
2021-09-12 16:01 ` [PATCH 4/4] alpha: Use absolute_pointer for strcmp " Guenter Roeck
2021-09-12 19:13   ` Linus Torvalds
2021-09-12 20:15     ` Guenter Roeck
2021-09-12 20:37     ` Guenter Roeck
2021-09-12 22:58       ` Linus Torvalds

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