On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 8:58 AM Jason Wang <[email protected]> wrote:
> The ptr is a pointer to userspace memory. So we need annotate it with
> __user otherwise we may get sparse warnings like:
>
> drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1603:13: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in initializer
> (different address spaces) @@ expected void const *__gu_ptr @@ got
> unsigned int [noderef] [usertypvoid const *__gu_ptr @@
> drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1603:13: sparse: expected void const *__gu_ptr
> drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1603:13: sparse: got unsigned int [noderef]
> [usertype] <asn:1> *idxp
>
> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Reported-by: kbuild test robot <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <[email protected]>
Fixes: 7124330dabe5b3cb ("m68k/uaccess: Revive 64-bit get_user()")
Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]>
i.e. will queue in the m68k for-v5.8 branch.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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