Re: [PATCH] fat: Use pointer to d_name[0] in put_user() for compat case

[Andreas Schwab]

On Feb 14 2022, David Laight wrote:

> The 'bug' is caused by put_user() trying to do:
> 	__typeof__(ptr) __ptr = ptr;
> where __typeof__ is returning char[n] not char *.
>
> I've tried a few things but can't get __typeof__ to
> generate a suitable type for both a simple type and array.

Does it work to use __typeof__(&*(ptr))?

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