On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 10:05:38AM +0200, Tobias Klauser wrote: > On 2014-07-28 at 09:58:12 +0200, Anil Belur <ask...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: Anil Belur <ask...@gmail.com> > > > > - private_ioctl() the internally calls copy_{to,from}_user() and does > > not use '__user' while refrencing user space pointers. > > - this patch passes __user annotation as a cast, when the pointer is > > being refernced. > > Wouldn't it be better to annotate the data member in struct tagSCmdRequest > with __user instead of introducing all these casts?
Don't ask rhetorical questions on email lists. Just be blunt. These casts are not the correct fix. regards, dan carpenter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/