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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH -next V2 2/7] arm64: fix page_address return value in copy_highpage
On Wed, Apr 06, 2022 at 09:13:06AM +0000, Tong Tiangen wrote:
> Function page_address return void, fix it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tong Tiangen <tongtiangen@huawei.com>

This looks like a sensible cleanup, but the commit title and message aren't
that clear.

Can you please make this:

| arm64: fix types in copy_highpage()
|
| In copy_highpage() the `kto` and `kfrom` local variables are pointers to
| struct page, but these are used to hold arbitrary pointers to kernel memory.
| Each call to page_address() returns a void pointer to memory associated with
| the relevant page, and copy_page() expects void pointers to this memory.
|
| This inconsistency was introduced in commit:
|
| 2563776b41c31908 ("arm64: mte: Tags-aware copy_{user_,}highpage() implementations")
|
| ... and while this doesn't appear to be harmful in practice it is clearly wrong.
|
| Correct this by making `kto` and `kfrom` void pointers.
|
| Fixes: 2563776b41c31908 ("arm64: mte: Tags-aware copy_{user_,}highpage() implementations")

With that:

Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>

Thanks,
Mark.

> ---
> arch/arm64/mm/copypage.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/copypage.c b/arch/arm64/mm/copypage.c
> index b5447e53cd73..0dea80bf6de4 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/copypage.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/copypage.c
> @@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
>
> void copy_highpage(struct page *to, struct page *from)
> {
> - struct page *kto = page_address(to);
> - struct page *kfrom = page_address(from);
> + void *kto = page_address(to);
> + void *kfrom = page_address(from);
>
> copy_page(kto, kfrom);
>
> --
> 2.18.0.huawei.25
>
>
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