linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 15/40] sparc64/uaccess: fix sparse errors

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Message-Id: <20150106.132152.994204445203435419.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 06 Jan 2015 13:21:52 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mst@...hat.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, sam@...nborg.org,
	sparclinux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 15/40] sparc64/uaccess: fix sparse errors

From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 17:44:20 +0200

> 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: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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