linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 10/40] microblaze/uaccess: fix sparse errors

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Message-ID: <54AD06EA.6030105@monstr.eu>
Date:	Wed, 07 Jan 2015 11:14:02 +0100
From:	Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
CC:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 10/40] microblaze/uaccess: fix sparse errors

On 01/06/2015 04:44 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> 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/microblaze/include/asm/uaccess.h | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/uaccess.h
> index 59a89a6..e41bebf 100644
> --- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/uaccess.h
> +++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/uaccess.h
> @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ extern long __user_bad(void);
>  	} else {							\
>  		__gu_err = -EFAULT;					\
>  	}								\
> -	x = (typeof(*(ptr)))__gu_val;					\
> +	x = (__force typeof(*(ptr)))__gu_val;				\
>  	__gu_err;							\
>  })
>  
> @@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ extern long __user_bad(void);
>  	default:							\
>  		/* __gu_val = 0; __gu_err = -EINVAL;*/ __gu_err = __user_bad();\
>  	}								\
> -	x = (__typeof__(*(ptr))) __gu_val;				\
> +	x = (__force __typeof__(*(ptr))) __gu_val;			\
>  	__gu_err;							\
>  })
>  
> 

Applied.

Thanks,
Michal
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