linux-kernel - Re: [patch] tty: cyclades: clean up a type issue

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Date:	Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:21:17 +0100
From:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
CC:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] tty: cyclades: clean up a type issue

On 03/02/2012 07:49 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> --- a/drivers/tty/cyclades.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/cyclades.c
...
> @@ -2413,7 +2413,7 @@ static int get_lsr_info(struct cyclades_port *info, unsigned int __user *value)
>  		/* Not supported yet */
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  	}
> -	return put_user(result, (unsigned long __user *)value);
> +	return put_user(result, value);

This was and is wrong BTW. TIOCSERGETLSR should store to uint. Could you
fix that by removing the cast instead, please?

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs
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