Re: [PATCH v4 0/5] x86: Cleanup and simplify cpu-specific data

[H. Peter Anvin]

Better yet, fix the problem...

Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> >In function âcopy_from_userâ,
>> >     inlined from âpktgen_if_writeâ at net/core/pktgen.c:877:20:
>>
>>/home/kevin/linux/linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h:211:26:
>> >error: call to âcopy_from_user_overflowâ declared with attribute
>> >error: copy_from_user() buffer size is not provably correct
>> >make[2]: *** [net/core/pktgen.o] Error 1
>> >
>> >On:
>> >
>> >gcc (GCC) 4.6.2 20120120 (prerelease)
>> >
>> >Is that my fault, or something else?
>> >
>> >Kevin
>> >
>> 
>> That comes from compiling with warnings as errors.  Not that someone
>> shouldn't look at that kind of problem.
>
>Can probably be worked around by disabling:
>
>CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS
>
>Thanks,
>
>	Ingo

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