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Date:	Tue, 25 Mar 2014 01:54:30 +0100
From:	Mathieu Maret <mathieu.maret@...il.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arve@...roid.com,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: binder: add __user annotation in binder.c

Joe Perches wrote:
> On Tue, 2014-03-25 at 01:24 +0100, Mathieu Maret wrote:
> > Fix the following spare warning
> 
> sparse
> 
> > drivers/staging/android/binder.c:2691:21: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> []
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/binder.c b/drivers/staging/android/binder.c
> []
> > @@ -2688,7 +2688,7 @@ static long binder_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
> []
> > -		if (put_user(BINDER_CURRENT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, &((struct binder_version *)ubuf)->protocol_version)) {
> > +		if (put_user(BINDER_CURRENT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, &((struct binder_version __user *)ubuf)->protocol_version)) {
> 
> That's certainly one way to do it, but I'd suggest
> using a temporary instead
> 
>  drivers/staging/android/binder.c | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/binder.c b/drivers/staging/android/binder.c
> index cfe4bc8..1f5e249 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/android/binder.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/android/binder.c
> @@ -2683,16 +2683,20 @@ static long binder_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
>  		binder_free_thread(proc, thread);
>  		thread = NULL;
>  		break;
> -	case BINDER_VERSION:
> +	case BINDER_VERSION: {
> +		struct binder_version __user *ver = ubuf;
> +
>  		if (size != sizeof(struct binder_version)) {
>  			ret = -EINVAL;
>  			goto err;
>  		}
> -		if (put_user(BINDER_CURRENT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, &((struct binder_version *)ubuf)->protocol_version)) {
> +		if (put_user(BINDER_CURRENT_PROTOCOL_VERSION,
> +			     &ver->protocol_version)) {
>  			ret = -EINVAL;
>  			goto err;
>  		}
>  		break;
> +	}
>  	default:
>  		ret = -EINVAL;
>  		goto err;
> 
>
And you solve the issue with the line size btw.
Good move!
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