Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760216Ab2EIQgM (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 May 2012 12:36:12 -0400 Received: from mail160.messagelabs.com ([216.82.253.99]:27721 "EHLO mail160.messagelabs.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755886Ab2EIQgL (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 May 2012 12:36:11 -0400 X-Env-Sender: hartleys@visionengravers.com X-Msg-Ref: server-15.tower-160.messagelabs.com!1336581369!5901482!1 X-Originating-IP: [216.166.12.178] X-StarScan-Version: 6.5.7; banners=-,-,- X-VirusChecked: Checked From: H Hartley Sweeten To: Linux Kernel Subject: [PATCH v2] staging: comedi: remove __user annotation inside of struct's Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 09:36:03 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 CC: , , , MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-ID: <201205090936.03921.hartleys@visionengravers.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2599 Lines: 89 Remove the __user annotations in the struct definitions in comedi.h. These structs are used to pass information from user-space to kernel-space. The copy_from_user and copy_to_user functions are used to transfer the data between the address spaces. The drivers then use the information internally under the assumption that they are kernel-space objects. Having the __user annotations inside the structs produces a number of sparse warnings of the type: warning: dereference of noderef expression According to Grek Kroah-Hartman: "When the kernel exports .h files, stuff like this should work "automatically", so there is no need to not put __user markings." Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten Cc: Ian Abbott Cc: Mori Hess Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- v2: update commit message Note: This patch exposes some new warnings about different address space. These will be addressed. diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi.h b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi.h index 8ea55ae..2e2f366 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi.h +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi.h @@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ struct comedi_insn { unsigned int insn; unsigned int n; - unsigned int __user *data; + unsigned int *data; unsigned int subdev; unsigned int chanspec; unsigned int unused[3]; @@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ struct comedi_insnlist { unsigned int n_insns; - struct comedi_insn __user *insns; + struct comedi_insn *insns; }; struct comedi_cmd { @@ -365,24 +365,24 @@ unsigned int stop_src; unsigned int stop_arg; - unsigned int __user *chanlist; /* channel/range list */ + unsigned int *chanlist; /* channel/range list */ unsigned int chanlist_len; - short __user *data; /* data list, size depends on subd flags */ + short *data; /* data list, size depends on subd flags */ unsigned int data_len; }; struct comedi_chaninfo { unsigned int subdev; - unsigned int __user *maxdata_list; - unsigned int __user *flaglist; - unsigned int __user *rangelist; + unsigned int *maxdata_list; + unsigned int *flaglist; + unsigned int *rangelist; unsigned int unused[4]; }; struct comedi_rangeinfo { unsigned int range_type; - void __user *range_ptr; + void *range_ptr; }; struct comedi_krange { -- 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/