Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] i2c: dev: Force case user pointers in compat_i2cdev_ioctl()

From: Wolfram Sang
Date: Fri Apr 15 2022 - 17:33:49 EST


On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 09:07:52PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> Sparse has warned us about wrong address space for user pointers:
>
> i2c-dev.c:561:50: warning: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
> i2c-dev.c:561:50: expected unsigned char [usertype] *buf
> i2c-dev.c:561:50: got void [noderef] __user *
>
> Force cast the pointer to (__u8 *) that is used by I²C core code.
>
> Note, this is an additional fix to the previously addressed similar issue
> in the I2C_RDWR case in the same function.
>
> Fixes: 3265a7e6b41b ("i2c: dev: Add __user annotation")
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to for-current, thanks!

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