linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 12/40] parisc/uaccess: fix sparse errors

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Message-ID: <1420558883-10131-13-git-send-email-mst@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 6 Jan 2015 17:44:10 +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,
	Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...isc-linux.org>,
	linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 12/40] parisc/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>
Acked-by: Helge Deller <deller@....de>
---
 arch/parisc/include/asm/uaccess.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/uaccess.h
index a5cb070..6c79311 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ struct exception_data {
 	    }                                           \
 	}                                               \
 							\
-	(x) = (__typeof__(*(ptr))) __gu_val;            \
+	(x) = (__force __typeof__(*(ptr))) __gu_val;	\
 	__gu_err;                                       \
 })
 
-- 
MST

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