Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86/xen: fix 32-bit pointer cast

[Paul Durrant]

On 22/02/2024 10:03, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> shared_info.hva is a 64-bit variable, so casting to a pointer causes
> a warning in 32-bit builds:
>
> arch/x86/kvm/xen.c: In function 'kvm_xen_hvm_set_attr':
> arch/x86/kvm/xen.c:660:45: error: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Werror=int-to-pointer-cast]
>    660 |                         void __user * hva = (void *)data->u.shared_info.hva;
>
> Replace the cast with a u64_to_user_ptr() call that does the right thing.

Thanks Arnd. I'd just got a ping from kernel test robot for lack of 
__user qualifier in the cast 
(https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202402221721.mhF8MNVh-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/), 
which this should also fix.

> Fixes: 01a871852b11 ("KVM: x86/xen: allow shared_info to be mapped by fixed HVA")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   arch/x86/kvm/xen.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Reviewed-by: Paul Durrant <paul@xxxxxxx>

> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c b/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c
> index 01c0fd138d2f..8a04e0ae9245 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c
> @@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ int kvm_xen_hvm_set_attr(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_xen_hvm_attr *data)
>   						     gfn_to_gpa(gfn), PAGE_SIZE);
>   			}
>   		} else {
> -			void __user * hva = (void *)data->u.shared_info.hva;
> +			void __user * hva = u64_to_user_ptr(data->u.shared_info.hva);
>   
>   			if (!PAGE_ALIGNED(hva) || !access_ok(hva, PAGE_SIZE)) {
>   				r = -EINVAL;