linux-kernel - [PATCH repost 03/16] arm64/uaccess: fix sparse errors

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Date:	Thu, 25 Dec 2014 11:28:41 +0200
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Christopher Covington <cov@...eaurora.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH repost 03/16] arm64/uaccess: fix sparse errors

virtio wants to read bitwise types from userspace using get_user.  At the
moment this triggers sparse errors, since the value is passed through an
integer.

Fix that up using __force.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/uaccess.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 3bf8f4e..8d66bcf 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ do {									\
 	default:							\
 		BUILD_BUG();						\
 	}								\
-	(x) = (__typeof__(*(ptr)))__gu_val;				\
+	(x) = (__force __typeof__(*(ptr)))__gu_val;				\
 } while (0)
 
 #define __get_user(x, ptr)						\
-- 
MST

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