linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bcache: avoid a dangerous addressing in closure

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Date:   Wed, 5 Jul 2017 20:36:28 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Liang Chen <liangchen.linux@...il.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        colyli@...e.de, bcache@...ux.ewheeler.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bcache: avoid a dangerous addressing in closure_queue

On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 08:18:02AM +0800, Liang Chen wrote:
> But as you pointed out, explicit casting is still bad too (was hoping it can be
> considered less bad at this situation). I will think of a better idea
> to handle this
> issue unless people agree that the current behaviour is safe.

Yes, let's find a way to avoids both the implicit and the explicit cast.