[PATCH v2 01/40] x86/uaccess: fix sparse errors
From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Tue Jan 06 2015 - 10:43:52 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/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 0d592e0..ace9dec 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ __typeof__(__builtin_choose_expr(sizeof(x) > sizeof(0UL), 0ULL, 0UL))
asm volatile("call __get_user_%P3" \
: "=a" (__ret_gu), "=r" (__val_gu) \
: "0" (ptr), "i" (sizeof(*(ptr)))); \
- (x) = (__typeof__(*(ptr))) __val_gu; \
+ (x) = (__force __typeof__(*(ptr))) __val_gu; \
__ret_gu; \
})
--
MST
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