Re: linux-next: sparc tree build warning

From: Stephen Rothwell
Date: Mon Dec 14 2009 - 04:01:06 EST


Hi Dave,

On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:40:36 -0800 (PST) David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:33:38 +1100
>
> > 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
>
> BTW, you should be getting the same exact warnings on x86
> 32-bit with gcc-4.4 or later.

Yeah, similar ones indeed.

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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