linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 16/40] m68k/uaccess: fix sparse errors

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdXx+LEHjOoA3q6hs2_Lm4Ma+svGRT10ux_uHgBbbzooUQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 7 Jan 2015 11:38:43 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Linux/m68k" <linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 16/40] m68k/uaccess: fix sparse errors

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 4:44 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com> 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>

Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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