linux-kernel - Re: [v3] powerpc/uaccess: fix warning/error with access

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Date:   Sat, 22 Dec 2018 20:54:37 +1100 (AEDT)
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [v3] powerpc/uaccess: fix warning/error with access_ok()

On Mon, 2018-12-10 at 06:50:09 UTC, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> With the following piece of code, the following compilation warning
> is encountered:
> 
> 	if (_IOC_DIR(ioc) != _IOC_NONE) {
> 		int verify = _IOC_DIR(ioc) & _IOC_READ ? VERIFY_WRITE : VERIFY_READ;
> 
> 		if (!access_ok(verify, ioarg, _IOC_SIZE(ioc))) {
> 
> drivers/platform/test/dev.c: In function 'my_ioctl':
> drivers/platform/test/dev.c:219:7: warning: unused variable 'verify' [-Wunused-variable]
>    int verify = _IOC_DIR(ioc) & _IOC_READ ? VERIFY_WRITE : VERIFY_READ;
> 
> This patch fixes it by referencing 'type' in the macro allthough
> doing nothing with it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>

Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/05a4ab823983d9136a460b7b5e0d49

cheers