From 6a934bb81476e7e90baaf2ff766e6b6f04b5febb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bart Van Assche Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 15:29:11 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] 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] p block/compat_ioctl.c:85:11: got void [noderef] * 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] * block/compat_ioctl.c:91:21: got unsigned long *[noderef] 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 Cc: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- block/compat_ioctl.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/block/compat_ioctl.c b/block/compat_ioctl.c index 38554c2ea38a..abaf9d78a206 100644 --- 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)); -- 2.20.1