Use __force to quiet sparse warnings for cases where the code is simulating user space pointers. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger --- a/net/socket.c 2011-02-23 08:26:51.905069267 -0800 +++ b/net/socket.c 2011-02-23 08:26:59.005160474 -0800 @@ -2648,7 +2648,8 @@ static int bond_ioctl(struct net *net, u old_fs = get_fs(); set_fs(KERNEL_DS); - err = dev_ioctl(net, cmd, &kifr); + err = dev_ioctl(net, cmd, + (struct ifreq __user __force *) &kifr); set_fs(old_fs); return err; @@ -2757,7 +2758,7 @@ static int compat_sioc_ifmap(struct net old_fs = get_fs(); set_fs(KERNEL_DS); - err = dev_ioctl(net, cmd, (void __user *)&ifr); + err = dev_ioctl(net, cmd, (void __user __force *)&ifr); set_fs(old_fs); if (cmd == SIOCGIFMAP && !err) { @@ -2862,7 +2863,8 @@ static int routing_ioctl(struct net *net ret |= __get_user(rtdev, &(ur4->rt_dev)); if (rtdev) { ret |= copy_from_user(devname, compat_ptr(rtdev), 15); - r4.rt_dev = devname; devname[15] = 0; + r4.rt_dev = (char __user __force *)devname; + devname[15] = 0; } else r4.rt_dev = NULL; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html