linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: ced1401: fix sparse warning for ced1401

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Message-ID: <20140616081718.GD5500@mwanda>
Date:	Mon, 16 Jun 2014 11:17:19 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Seunghun Lee <waydi1@...il.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	alois.schloegl@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: ced1401: fix sparse warning for ced1401

On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 02:04:38PM +0900, Seunghun Lee wrote:
> This patch fixes below warning.
> 
> drivers/staging/ced1401/ced_ioc.c:703:30: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces)
> 	drivers/staging/ced1401/ced_ioc.c:703:30:    expected void *[usertype] lpvBuff
> 	drivers/staging/ced1401/ced_ioc.c:703:30:    got char [noderef] <asn:1>*puBuf
> 
> Signed-off-by: Seunghun Lee <waydi1@...il.com>

No.  This silences the warning by disabling Sparse.

Fix the annotations instead.

regards,
dan carpenter

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