Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] KVM: s390: Don't cast parameter in bit operations

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Wed Mar 02 2022 - 10:46:27 EST


On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 06:44:20PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> While in this particular case it would not be a (critical) issue,
> the pattern itself is bad and error prone in case somebody blindly
> copies to their code.
>
> Don't cast parameter to unsigned long pointer in the bit operations.
> Instead copy to a local variable on stack of a proper type and use.

After looking into other similar cases I may conclude they
- need to be fixed
- out of scope of this change

Hence, can this fix be applied?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko