[PATCH] riscv: fix __user annotation in traps_misaligned.c

[Clément Léger]

On 24/11/2023 11:45, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 11:28:08AM +0100, Clément Léger wrote:
>> I sent a similar patch two days ago with the same modification. I'm not
>> sure to get it. Why is it better to pass the "unsigned long" type from
>> the caller ? I mean, the resulting code would look like this right ?
> 
> Because you're legimitizing casting between address_space, which is a
> horrible idea.  By casting either from the unsigned long you make it
> very clear that deep magic is coming in and you make an informed
> decisions based on the user_mode() predicate.  Witht a blind cast
> to add/remove a __user you don't.

Makes sense indeed, thanks !

Clément

> 
> I'm actually surprised sparse even allows __user casts without __force.