On Mon, Sep 01, 2014 at 12:35:14PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 09:46:22PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> > @@ -133,9 +134,15 @@ static ssize_t goldfish_audio_read(struct file *fp,
> > char __user *buf,
> > AUDIO_READ_BUFFER_AVAILABLE);
> >
> > /* copy data to user space */
> > - if (copy_to_user(buf, data->read_buffer, length))
> > + buffer = kzalloc(length, GFP_KERNEL);
> > + if (buffer == NULL)
> > + return -ENOMEM;
> > + memcpy_fromio(buffer, data->read_buffer, length);
> > + if (copy_to_user((void __user *)buf, buffer, length)) {
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> This cast shouldn't be needed.
>
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>
yes , its not needed . I just checked it again after removing the cast.
Actually I gave it as sparse was showing warning for argument 1 also. I should
have rechecked it after fixing the warning for argument2. Sorry for it.
Anyways, if Alan confirms that this patch is actually needed then I will
resubmit a modified patch.
thanks
Sudip
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