On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 02:40:36AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 07:55:41PM +0100, Zahari Doychev wrote:
> > --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lib-lnet.h
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/lib-lnet.h
> > @@ -784,7 +784,8 @@ lnet_copy_iov2flat(int dlen, void *dest, unsigned int doffset,
> > unsigned int nsiov, struct iovec *siov, unsigned int soffset,
> > unsigned int nob)
> > {
> > - struct iovec diov = {/*.iov_base = */ dest, /*.iov_len = */ dlen};
> > + struct iovec diov = {/*.iov_base = */ (void __user *)dest,
> > + /*.iov_len = */ dlen};
> >
>
> Why can't we just make the comments into code by removing the /*
> characters? Remove the cast by declaring the data as __user data to
> begin with instead of declaring it incorrectly and then casting to the
> correct type later.
If I make the declarations right then I am moving the casts to other functions.
I was not sure which one is better but it is not a problem I will fix this.
>
> Also it's not allowed to send two patches with the exact same subject.
> Also the subject was sucky and too vague anyway. :)
Sorry for that.
regards,
Zahari
>
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>
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