linux-kernel - [PATCH 13/18] powerpc/uaccess: fix sparse errors

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Date:	Sun, 14 Dec 2014 18:52:51 +0200
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: [PATCH 13/18] powerpc/uaccess: fix sparse errors

virtio wants to read bitwise types from userspace using get_user.  At the
moment this triggers sparse errors, since the value is passed through an
integer.

Fix that up using __force.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 9485b43..a0c071d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ do {								\
 	if (!is_kernel_addr((unsigned long)__gu_addr))		\
 		might_fault();					\
 	__get_user_size(__gu_val, __gu_addr, (size), __gu_err);	\
-	(x) = (__typeof__(*(ptr)))__gu_val;			\
+	(x) = (__force __typeof__(*(ptr)))__gu_val;			\
 	__gu_err;						\
 })
 #endif /* __powerpc64__ */
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ do {								\
 	might_fault();							\
 	if (access_ok(VERIFY_READ, __gu_addr, (size)))			\
 		__get_user_size(__gu_val, __gu_addr, (size), __gu_err);	\
-	(x) = (__typeof__(*(ptr)))__gu_val;				\
+	(x) = (__force __typeof__(*(ptr)))__gu_val;				\
 	__gu_err;							\
 })
 
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ do {								\
 	const __typeof__(*(ptr)) __user *__gu_addr = (ptr);	\
 	__chk_user_ptr(ptr);					\
 	__get_user_size(__gu_val, __gu_addr, (size), __gu_err);	\
-	(x) = (__typeof__(*(ptr)))__gu_val;			\
+	(x) = (__force __typeof__(*(ptr)))__gu_val;			\
 	__gu_err;						\
 })
 
-- 
MST

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