linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v12 1/2] kernel.h: add u64_to_user

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Date:	Mon, 11 Jul 2016 10:51:58 +0300
From:	Tomas Winkler <tomasw@...il.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@...labora.co.uk>,
	Lucas Stach <l.stach@...gutronix.de>,
	Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@...ovan.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	driverdevel <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	Daniel Stone <daniels@...labora.com>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
	Riley Andrews <riandrews@...roid.com>,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	John Harrison <John.C.Harrison@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 1/2] kernel.h: add u64_to_user_ptr()

> > > Though I normally prefer static inline functions, I see the benefits of
> > > using the macro form here.
>
> An inline could still work
>         static inline void __user *u64_to_user_ptr(u64 address)
>         {
>                 return (void __user *)(uintptr_t)address;
>         }
> if the macro was
>         #define u64_to_user_ptr(x)              \
>         ({                                      \
>                 typecheck(u64, x);              \
>                 (u64_to_user_ptr)(x);           \
>         })
>
> the parenthesis around the u64_to_user_ptr
> in the macro should prevent expansion.
>

sparse is throwing 'warning: dereference of noderef expression' on
this macro now.
Any clues what need to be fixed
Thanks
Tomas