Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752233AbaLPXut (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Dec 2014 18:50:49 -0500 Received: from ozlabs.org ([103.22.144.67]:37680 "EHLO ozlabs.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752105AbaLPXur (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Dec 2014 18:50:47 -0500 Message-ID: <1418773844.6400.6.camel@ellerman.id.au> Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/18] powerpc/uaccess: fix sparse errors From: Michael Ellerman To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Paul Mackerras , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:50:44 +1100 In-Reply-To: <20141216164746.GB21876@redhat.com> References: <1418575877-21488-1-git-send-email-mst@redhat.com> <1418575877-21488-14-git-send-email-mst@redhat.com> <20141216164746.GB21876@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.12.7-0ubuntu1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2014-12-16 at 18:47 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 06:52:51PM +0200, 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 > > Ping. Ping? You only sent it two days ago. And you only responded to my questions yesterday evening. > Do powerpc maintainers consider fixing sparse errors > applicable for 3.19? Yeah, with your expanded explanation I'm fine with it. > If yes, can you pls merge this patch? Yes I will. cheers -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/