Re: linux-next: sparc tree build warning

From: Stephen Rothwell
Date: Thu Jan 28 2010 - 02:44:34 EST


Hi Dave,

On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:33:38 +1100 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Today's linux-next build (sparc defconfig) produced this warning:
>
> In file included from arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess.h:7,
> from include/net/checksum.h:26,
> from include/linux/skbuff.h:29,
> from net/core/pktgen.c:141:
> In function 'copy_from_user',
> inlined from 'pktgen_if_write' at net/core/pktgen.c:867:
> arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_32.h:276: warning: call to 'copy_from_user_overflow' declared with attribute warning: copy_from_user() buffer size is not provably correct
>
> and many more.
>
> The sparc64 defconfig build produced many similar warnings:
>
> In file included from arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess.h:5,
> from include/linux/uaccess.h:6,
> from include/linux/highmem.h:7,
> from include/linux/pagemap.h:11,
> from include/linux/mempolicy.h:63,
> from mm/mempolicy.c:69:
> arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_64.h: In function 'compat_sys_get_mempolicy':
> arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:232: warning: call to 'copy_from_user_overflow' declared with attribute warning: copy_from_user() buffer size is not provably correct

I am still seeing these. Is it my compiler version (gcc4.4.0)?
--
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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