[PATCH repost 13/16] sh/uaccess: fix sparse errors

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Thu Dec 25 2014 - 04:29:57 EST


virtio wants to read bitwise types from userspace using get_user. At the
moment this triggers sparse errors, since the value is passed through an
integer.

Fix that up using __force.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/sh/include/asm/uaccess.h | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 9486376..484b1f9 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ struct __large_struct { unsigned long buf[100]; };
const __typeof__(*(ptr)) __user *__gu_addr = (ptr); \
__chk_user_ptr(ptr); \
__get_user_size(__gu_val, __gu_addr, (size), __gu_err); \
- (x) = (__typeof__(*(ptr)))__gu_val; \
+ (x) = (__force __typeof__(*(ptr)))__gu_val; \
__gu_err; \
})

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ struct __large_struct { unsigned long buf[100]; };
const __typeof__(*(ptr)) *__gu_addr = (ptr); \
if (likely(access_ok(VERIFY_READ, __gu_addr, (size)))) \
__get_user_size(__gu_val, __gu_addr, (size), __gu_err); \
- (x) = (__typeof__(*(ptr)))__gu_val; \
+ (x) = (__force __typeof__(*(ptr)))__gu_val; \
__gu_err; \
})

--
MST

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