[PATCH 13/18] powerpc/uaccess: fix sparse errors

Michael S. Tsirkin
2014-12-14T16:53:18Z

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@redhat.com>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 9485b43..a0c071d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ do { \
if (!is_kernel_addr((unsigned long)__gu_addr)) \
might_fault(); \
__get_user_size(__gu_val, __gu_addr, (size), __gu_err); \
- (x) = (__typeof__(*(ptr)))__gu_val; \
+ (x) = (__force __typeof__(*(ptr)))__gu_val; \
__gu_err; \
})
#endif /* __powerpc64__ */
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ do { \
might_fault(); \
if (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; \
})

@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ do { \
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; \
})

--
MST