On 14.01.21 10:47, kernel test robot wrote:
> tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
> head:   65f0d2414b7079556fbbcc070b3d1c9f9587606d
> commit: e057dd3fc20ffb3d7f150af46542a51b59b90127 can: add ISO 15765-2:2016 transport protocol
> date:   3 months ago
> config: sh-randconfig-s032-20210114 (attached as .config)
> compiler: sh4-linux-gcc (GCC) 9.3.0
> reproduce:
>          wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
>          chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
>          # apt-get install sparse
>          # sparse version: v0.6.3-208-g46a52ca4-dirty
>          # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e057dd3fc20ffb3d7f150af46542a51b59b90127
>          git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
>          git fetch --no-tags linus master
>          git checkout e057dd3fc20ffb3d7f150af46542a51b59b90127
>          # save the attached .config to linux build tree
>          COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-9.3.0 make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' ARCH=sh
> 
> If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> 
> 
> "sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)"
>>> net/can/isotp.c:1240:13: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces) @@     expected int const *__gu_addr @@     got int [noderef] __user *optlen @@
>     net/can/isotp.c:1240:13: sparse:     expected int const *__gu_addr
>     net/can/isotp.c:1240:13: sparse:     got int [noderef] __user *optlen
>>> net/can/isotp.c:1240:13: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces) @@     expected void const volatile [noderef] __user *ptr @@     got int const *__gu_addr @@
>     net/can/isotp.c:1240:13: sparse:     expected void const volatile [noderef] __user *ptr
>     net/can/isotp.c:1240:13: sparse:     got int const *__gu_addr
> 

This seems to be a problem with the sh4 arch and/or its cross 
compilation tools.

There are tons of similar code snippets in the kernel, e.g. in 
net/can/raw.c or net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c ...

And these code snippets do not trigger such sparse warnings?!?

Any idea?

Regards,
Oliver

> vim +1240 net/can/isotp.c
> 
>    1229	
>    1230	static int isotp_getsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
>    1231				    char __user *optval, int __user *optlen)
>    1232	{
>    1233		struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
>    1234		struct isotp_sock *so = isotp_sk(sk);
>    1235		int len;
>    1236		void *val;
>    1237	
>    1238		if (level != SOL_CAN_ISOTP)
>    1239			return -EINVAL;
>> 1240		if (get_user(len, optlen))
>    1241			return -EFAULT;
>    1242		if (len < 0)
>    1243			return -EINVAL;
>    1244	
>    1245		switch (optname) {
>    1246		case CAN_ISOTP_OPTS:
>    1247			len = min_t(int, len, sizeof(struct can_isotp_options));
>    1248			val = &so->opt;
>    1249			break;
>    1250	
>    1251		case CAN_ISOTP_RECV_FC:
>    1252			len = min_t(int, len, sizeof(struct can_isotp_fc_options));
>    1253			val = &so->rxfc;
>    1254			break;
>    1255	
>    1256		case CAN_ISOTP_TX_STMIN:
>    1257			len = min_t(int, len, sizeof(u32));
>    1258			val = &so->force_tx_stmin;
>    1259			break;
>    1260	
>    1261		case CAN_ISOTP_RX_STMIN:
>    1262			len = min_t(int, len, sizeof(u32));
>    1263			val = &so->force_rx_stmin;
>    1264			break;
>    1265	
>    1266		case CAN_ISOTP_LL_OPTS:
>    1267			len = min_t(int, len, sizeof(struct can_isotp_ll_options));
>    1268			val = &so->ll;
>    1269			break;
>    1270	
>    1271		default:
>    1272			return -ENOPROTOOPT;
>    1273		}
>    1274	
>    1275		if (put_user(len, optlen))
>    1276			return -EFAULT;
>    1277		if (copy_to_user(optval, val, len))
>    1278			return -EFAULT;
>    1279		return 0;
>    1280	}
>    1281	
> 
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