The acpi_evalf() function modifies four bytes of data but in fan_get_status() we pass a pointer to u8. I have modified the function to use type checking now. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c index df3016b..0735fb7 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c @@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ TPACPI_HANDLE(hkey, ec, "\\_SB.HKEY", /* 600e/x, 770e, 770x */ */ static int acpi_evalf(acpi_handle handle, - void *res, char *method, char *fmt, ...) + int *res, char *method, char *fmt, ...) { char *fmt0 = fmt; struct acpi_object_list params; @@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ static int acpi_evalf(acpi_handle handle, success = (status == AE_OK && out_obj.type == ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER); if (success && res) - *(int *)res = out_obj.integer.value; + *res = out_obj.integer.value; break; case 'v': /* void */ success = status == AE_OK; @@ -7386,17 +7386,18 @@ static int fan_get_status(u8 *status) * Add TPACPI_FAN_RD_ACPI_FANS ? */ switch (fan_status_access_mode) { - case TPACPI_FAN_RD_ACPI_GFAN: + case TPACPI_FAN_RD_ACPI_GFAN: { /* 570, 600e/x, 770e, 770x */ + int res; - if (unlikely(!acpi_evalf(gfan_handle, &s, NULL, "d"))) + if (unlikely(!acpi_evalf(gfan_handle, &res, NULL, "d"))) return -EIO; if (likely(status)) - *status = s & 0x07; + *status = res & 0x07; break; - + } case TPACPI_FAN_RD_TPEC: /* all except 570, 600e/x, 770e, 770x */ if (unlikely(!acpi_ec_read(fan_status_offset, &s))) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html