On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 12:42 AM, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpen...@oracle.com> wrote:
> Sparse generates a false positive when you pass a __user or __iomem
> pointer to the IS_ERR() functions.
>
> drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1286.c:344:36: sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 
> (different address spaces)
> drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1286.c:344:36:    expected void const *ptr
> drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1286.c:344:36:    got unsigned int [noderef] [usertype] 
> <asn:2>*rtcregs
>
> We can silence these by adding a __force here and upgrading to the
> latest git release of Sparse.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpen...@oracle.com>
> ---
> This change has no effect when using current Sparse releases.

Acked.

Chris
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