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From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Peter Chubb <peterc-M3ycANVxPotyL3EAZA59ERCuuivNXqWP@public.gmane.org>
Cc: len.brown-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org,
	acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] `unaligned access' in acpi get_root_bridge_busnr()
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:27:27 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <43577F1F.3070209@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <17239.4347.595396.783239-t0Sv2hkTHA9yuP2ZY8HSTlptZk9uqtcn@public.gmane.org>

Peter Chubb napsal(a):

>In drivers/acpi/glue.c the address of an integer is cast to the
>address of an unsigned long.  This breaks on systems where a long is
>larger than an int --- for a start the int can be misaligned; for a
>second the assignment through the pointer will overwrite part of the
>next variable.
>
>Patch is against linux-2.6.14-rc4
>
>Signed-off-by: Peter Chubb <peterc-M3ycANVxPotyL3EAZA59ERCuuivNXqWP@public.gmane.org>
>
>Index: linux-2.6-import/drivers/acpi/glue.c
>===================================================================
>--- linux-2.6-import.orig/drivers/acpi/glue.c	2005-09-09 09:08:49.928854100 +1000
>+++ linux-2.6-import/drivers/acpi/glue.c	2005-10-20 13:32:32.126445742 +1000
>@@ -89,46 +89,46 @@ static int acpi_find_bridge_device(struc
> /* Get PCI root bridge's handle from its segment and bus number */
> struct acpi_find_pci_root {
> 	unsigned int seg;
> 	unsigned int bus;
> 	acpi_handle handle;
> };
> 
> static acpi_status
> do_root_bridge_busnr_callback(struct acpi_resource *resource, void *data)
> {
>-	int *busnr = (int *)data;
>+	unsigned long *busnr = (unsigned long *)data;
>  
>
Is the cast here really needed?

regards,

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Jiri Slaby         www.fi.muni.cz/~xslaby
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-10-20 11:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-10-20  3:37 [PATCH] `unaligned access' in acpi get_root_bridge_busnr() Peter Chubb
     [not found] ` <17239.4347.595396.783239-t0Sv2hkTHA9yuP2ZY8HSTlptZk9uqtcn@public.gmane.org>
2005-10-20 11:27   ` Jiri Slaby [this message]
2005-10-20 14:44 ` [ACPI] " Alex Williamson

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