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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
Cc: 'Helge Deller' <deller@gmx.de>,
	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org" <linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fat: Use pointer to d_name[0] in put_user() for compat case
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 10:27:32 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8735klx0fv.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49a26b7a30254d9fb9653c2f815eaa28@AcuMS.aculab.com> (David Laight's message of "Mon, 14 Feb 2022 09:12:01 +0000")

On Feb 14 2022, David Laight wrote:

> The 'bug' is caused by put_user() trying to do:
> 	__typeof__(ptr) __ptr = ptr;
> where __typeof__ is returning char[n] not char *.
>
> I've tried a few things but can't get __typeof__ to
> generate a suitable type for both a simple type and array.

Does it work to use __typeof__(&*(ptr))?

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-02-14  9:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-02-13 22:10 [PATCH] fat: Use pointer to d_name[0] in put_user() for compat case Helge Deller
2022-02-14  7:59 ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2022-02-14  9:12 ` David Laight
2022-02-14  9:26   ` David Laight
2022-02-14 11:05     ` Helge Deller
2022-02-14 11:11       ` David Laight
2022-02-14  9:27   ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2022-02-14 10:13     ` Helge Deller

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