linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: sparc tree build warning

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Date:	Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:00:48 +1100
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: linux-next: sparc tree build warning

Hi Dave,

On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:40:36 -0800 (PST) David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>
> From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:33:38 +1100
> 
> >     inlined from 'pktgen_if_write' at net/core/pktgen.c:867:
> > arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_32.h:276: warning: call to 'copy_from_user_overflow' declared with attribute warning: copy_from_user() buffer size is not provably correct
> 
> BTW, you should be getting the same exact warnings on x86
> 32-bit with gcc-4.4 or later.

Yeah, similar ones indeed.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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