linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 01/40] x86/uaccess: fix sparse errors

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.11.1501131333410.5526@nanos>
Date:	Tue, 13 Jan 2015 13:33:56 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/40] x86/uaccess: fix sparse errors

On Tue, 6 Jan 2015, 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>

Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
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