Re: [PATCH] asm-generic: avoid sparse {get,put}_unaligned warning

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To: Sven Eckelmann <sven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] asm-generic: avoid sparse {get,put}_unaligned warning
From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2021 17:01:21 +0000
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>, b.a.t.m.a.n@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <20210724162429.394792-1-sven@narfation.org>
References: <20210724162429.394792-1-sven@narfation.org>

On Sat, Jul 24, 2021 at 06:24:29PM +0200, Sven Eckelmann wrote:

> The special attribute force must be used in such statements when the cast
> is known to be safe to avoid these warnings.

	How about container_of(ptr, typeof(*__pptr), x) instead of a cast?
Would be easier to follow...

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