Re: [PATCH] x86/paravirt: Fix tlb_remove_table function callback prototype warning

From: Juergen Gross
Date: Thu Jul 27 2023 - 01:14:41 EST


On 27.07.23 01:11, Kees Cook wrote:
Under W=1, this warning is visible in Clang 16 and newer:

arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c:337:4: warning: cast from 'void (*)(struct mmu_gather *, struct page *)' to 'void (*)(struct mmu_gather *, void *)' converts to incompatible function type [-Wcast-function-type-strict]
(void (*)(struct mmu_gather *, void *))tlb_remove_page,
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Add a direct wrapper instead, which will make this warning (and
potential KCFI failures) go away.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202307260332.pJntWR6o-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ajay Kaher <akaher@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexey Makhalov <amakhalov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>


Juergen

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