[PATCH v2 03/40] arm64/uaccess: fix sparse errors

Will Deacon will.deacon at arm.com
Wed Jan 7 02:09:10 PST 2015


On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 09:51:15PM +0000, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 11:48:20PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 07:14:32PM +0000, Will Deacon wrote:
> > > Hi Michael,
> > > 
> > > On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 03:43:40PM +0000, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > > virtio wants to read bitwise types from userspace using get_user.  At the
> > > > moment this triggers sparse errors, since the value is passed through an
> > > > integer.
> > > > 
> > > > Fix that up using __force.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com>
> > > > 
> > > > Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
> > > > ---
> > > 
> > > Did you want us to take this via the arm64 tree, or are you planning to
> > > merge it via another route?
> > > 
> > > Will
> > 
> > Up to you really: if you don't pick it up, Arnd said he'll merge
> > through his tree.
> 
> Though if you do pick it up, need to also pick up the follow-up
> patch - maybe my tree is easier.

Ok, I'll go ack that whitespace fix for you to take then.

Will



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