From e7152b97f38f1f5b915c719e6a3040697a700a16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Carpenter Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 15:04:54 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] err.h: IS_ERR() can accept __user pointers Sparse generates a false positive when you pass a __user or __iomem pointer to the IS_ERR() functions. drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1286.c:344:36: sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces) drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1286.c:344:36: expected void const *ptr drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1286.c:344:36: got unsigned int [noderef] [usertype] *rtcregs We can silence these by adding a __force here and upgrading to Sparse v0.4.5-rc1 or later. This change has no effect when using current Sparse releases. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter Acked-by: Christopher Li Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Reading git-format-patch failed