linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] staging: comedi: comedi_fops.c: added casts to get rid of sparse warnings

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Date:   Fri, 17 Jul 2020 12:07:38 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     B K Karthik <bkkarthik@...u.pes.edu>
Cc:     Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>,
        H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@...an.edu.cn>,
        Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>,
        Divyansh Kamboj <kambojdivyansh2000@...il.com>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] staging: comedi: comedi_fops.c: added casts to get
 rid of sparse warnings

On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 11:25:48AM -0400, B K Karthik wrote:
> fixed sparse warnings by adding a cast in assignment from
> void [noderef] __user * to unsigned int __force *
> and a reverse cast in argument from
> unsigned int * to  unsigned int __user * .
> 
> v1 -> v2:
> - Add a reverse cast in argument
> v2 -> v3:
> - Change commit description as suggested by Ian Abott
> v3 -> v4:
> - Add versioning information in commit description

As Ian said, all of that goes below the --- line so it will not show up
in the changelog text.

As I don't want to hand-edit changelog text, as it does not scale, can
you please fix this up and resend as a v5?

thanks,

greg k-h