[PATCH] powerpc: fix various sparse warnings
Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index f698aa7..995b146 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -362,7 +362,11 @@
if (!(i % 8))
printk("\n");
- if (BAD_PC(pc) || __get_user(instr, (unsigned int *)pc)) {
+ /* We use __get_user here *only* to avoid an OOPS on a
+ * bad address because the pc *should* only be a
+ * kernel address.
+ */
+ if (BAD_PC(pc) || __get_user(instr, (unsigned int __user *)pc)) {
printk("XXXXXXXX ");
} else {
if (regs->nip == pc)