On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 11:14:06PM -0300, Marcos Paulo de Souza wrote: > head_up parameter is marked with __user attribute, tmp is filled > by a copy_from_user from next, that is also marked as __user, so > tmp.next needs to be "casted" as __user to make sparse happy. But is it the correct change? You also have a typo in your subject :( > Signed-off-by: Marcos Paulo de Souza <marcos.souza.org@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > > this is mt first patch addressing an issue of sparse, so let me know > if I misunderstood the error message > > drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/conrpc.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/conrpc.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/conrpc.c > index c6a683b..fb7ad74 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/conrpc.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/selftest/conrpc.c > @@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ lstcon_rpc_trans_interpreter(struct lstcon_rpc_trans *trans, > sizeof(struct list_head))) > return -EFAULT; > > - if (tmp.next == head_up) > + if ((struct list_head __user *)tmp.next == head_up) Aer you sure this is correct? __user changes for lustre is not trivial... How did you test this? thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
