compat_hdio_ioctl: Fix a declaration

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 d597580 ("generic ...copy_..._user primitives") Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <[email protected]> Cc: Jens Axboe <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
ambv · Aug 24, 2017 · 6a934bb · 6a934bb
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diff --git a/block/compat_ioctl.c b/block/compat_ioctl.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static int compat_hdio_getgeo(struct gendisk *disk, struct block_device *bdev,
 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));