This patch avoids that sparse reports the following warning messages:
block/compat_ioctl.c:85:11: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces)
block/compat_ioctl.c:85:11: expected unsigned long *[noderef] <asn:1>p
block/compat_ioctl.c:85:11: got void [noderef] <asn:1>*
block/compat_ioctl.c:91:21: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
block/compat_ioctl.c:91:21: expected void const volatile [noderef] <asn:1>*<noident>
block/compat_ioctl.c:91:21: got unsigned long *[noderef] <asn:1>p
block/compat_ioctl.c:87:53: warning: dereference of noderef expression
block/compat_ioctl.c:91:21: warning: dereference of noderef expression
Fixes: commit d597580d3737 ("generic ...copy_..._user primitives")
Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@wdc.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
static int compat_hdio_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
{
- unsigned long *__user p;
+ unsigned long __user *p;
int error;
p = compat_alloc_user_space(sizeof(unsigned long));