netdev - Re: [PATCH NEXT 1/5] staging: r8188eu: Fix sparse warnings in ioctl

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Date:	Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:10:01 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH NEXT 1/5] staging: r8188eu: Fix sparse warnings in
 ioctl_linux.c

I have looked at how this is called from ioctl_private_call() and it
seems like these are actual user pointers and the code is buggy.  The
patch silences the warnings instead of fixing the bugs.

regards,
dan carpenter


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