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Re: [PATCH] staging: lusten: conrpc.c: fix different address space sparse warning

From Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] staging: lusten: conrpc.c: fix different address space sparse warning
Date 2017-03-29 09:40 +0200
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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@gmail.com>
> ---
> 
>  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

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[PATCH] staging: lusten: conrpc.c: fix different address space sparse warning Marcos Paulo de Souza <marcos.souza.org@gmail.com> - 2017-03-29 04:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] staging: lusten: conrpc.c: fix different address space  sparse warning Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-03-29 09:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] staging: lusten: conrpc.c: fix different address space  sparse warning Marcos Paulo de Souza <marcos.souza.org@gmail.com> - 2017-03-29 12:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] staging: lusten: conrpc.c: fix different address space  sparse warning Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2017-03-29 12:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] staging: lusten: conrpc.c: fix different address space  sparse warning Marcos Paulo de Souza <marcos.souza.org@gmail.com> - 2017-03-29 13:00 +0200

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