2.6.7-rc2-mm1: gcc 2.95 uaccess.h warnings

[Adrian Bunk]

It seems to be Linus'

  sparse: make x86 user pointer checks stricter.

patch that causes the following warnings for every single file including 
uaccess.h when using gcc 2.95:

<--  snip  -->

...
In file included from include/linux/poll.h:11,
                 from include/linux/skbuff.h:28,
                 from include/linux/security.h:34,
                 from init/do_mounts.c:8:
include/asm/uaccess.h: In function `verify_area':
include/asm/uaccess.h:109: warning: dereferencing `void *' pointer
include/asm/uaccess.h: In function `__copy_from_user':
include/asm/uaccess.h:453: warning: dereferencing `void *' pointer
include/asm/uaccess.h:456: warning: dereferencing `void *' pointer
include/asm/uaccess.h:459: warning: dereferencing `void *' pointer
...

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cu
Adrian

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