Re: [tip:locking/rcuref 2/2] arch/sparc/include/asm/cmpxchg_64.h:161:55: sparse: sparse: cast truncates bits from constant value (ffffffffe0000000 becomes 0)

From: Philip Li
Date: Wed Apr 12 2023 - 08:23:30 EST


On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 07:54:59PM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
> tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git locking/rcuref
> head: ee1ee6db07795d9637bc5e8993a8ddcf886541ef
> commit: ee1ee6db07795d9637bc5e8993a8ddcf886541ef [2/2] atomics: Provide rcuref - scalable reference counting
> config: sparc-randconfig-s053-20230409 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20230412/202304121909.hsRwqwP8-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
> compiler: sparc64-linux-gcc (GCC) 12.1.0
> 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: v0.6.4-39-gce1a6720-dirty
> # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=ee1ee6db07795d9637bc5e8993a8ddcf886541ef
> git remote add tip https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git
> git fetch --no-tags tip locking/rcuref
> git checkout ee1ee6db07795d9637bc5e8993a8ddcf886541ef
> # save the config file
> mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config
> COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-12.1.0 make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=sparc olddefconfig
> COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-12.1.0 make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=sparc SHELL=/bin/bash
>
> If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable
> | Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> | Link: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202304121909.hsRwqwP8-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
>
> sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)
> lib/rcuref.c: note: in included file (through arch/sparc/include/asm/cmpxchg.h, arch/sparc/include/asm/atomic_64.h, arch/sparc/include/asm/atomic.h, ...):
> >> arch/sparc/include/asm/cmpxchg_64.h:161:55: sparse: sparse: cast truncates bits from constant value (ffffffffe0000000 becomes 0)

Kindly ignore this, which is a duplication to the input at https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/87k000kuca.ffs@tglx/.

We will update the robot to avoid sending the report against this change.

Thanks

>
> vim +161 arch/sparc/include/asm/cmpxchg_64.h
>
> d550bbd40c0e10 David Howells 2012-03-28 155
> d550bbd40c0e10 David Howells 2012-03-28 156 static inline unsigned long
> d550bbd40c0e10 David Howells 2012-03-28 157 __cmpxchg(volatile void *ptr, unsigned long old, unsigned long new, int size)
> d550bbd40c0e10 David Howells 2012-03-28 158 {
> d550bbd40c0e10 David Howells 2012-03-28 159 switch (size) {
> a12ee2349312d7 Babu Moger 2017-05-24 160 case 1:
> a12ee2349312d7 Babu Moger 2017-05-24 @161 return __cmpxchg_u8(ptr, old, new);
> d550bbd40c0e10 David Howells 2012-03-28 162 case 4:
> d550bbd40c0e10 David Howells 2012-03-28 163 return __cmpxchg_u32(ptr, old, new);
> d550bbd40c0e10 David Howells 2012-03-28 164 case 8:
> d550bbd40c0e10 David Howells 2012-03-28 165 return __cmpxchg_u64(ptr, old, new);
> d550bbd40c0e10 David Howells 2012-03-28 166 }
> d550bbd40c0e10 David Howells 2012-03-28 167 __cmpxchg_called_with_bad_pointer();
> d550bbd40c0e10 David Howells 2012-03-28 168 return old;
> d550bbd40c0e10 David Howells 2012-03-28 169 }
> d550bbd40c0e10 David Howells 2012-03-28 170
>
> :::::: The code at line 161 was first introduced by commit
> :::::: a12ee2349312d7112b9b7c6ac2e70c5ec2ca334e arch/sparc: Introduce cmpxchg_u8 SPARC
>
> :::::: TO: Babu Moger <babu.moger@xxxxxxxxxx>
> :::::: CC: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
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