Hi, 2.6.11 still contain these warnings :
drivers/video/kyro/fbdev.c:597: warning: ignoring return value of `copy_from_user', declared with attribute warn_unused_result drivers/video/kyro/fbdev.c:607: warning: ignoring return value of `copy_from_user', declared with attribute warn_unused_result drivers/video/kyro/fbdev.c:628: warning: ignoring return value of `copy_to_user', declared with attribute warn_unused_result drivers/video/kyro/fbdev.c:631: warning: ignoring return value of `copy_to_user', declared with attribute warn_unused_result drivers/video/kyro/fbdev.c:634: warning: ignoring return value of `copy_to_user', declared with attribute warn_unused_result Here's a patch that has been send before but obviously didn't make it in. re-diff'ed against 2.6.11 Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- linux-2.6.11-orig/drivers/video/kyro/fbdev.c 2005-03-02 08:37:31.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.11/drivers/video/kyro/fbdev.c 2005-03-04 15:12:54.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* - * linux/drivers/video/kyro/kyrofb.c + * linux/drivers/video/kyro/fbdev.c * * Copyright (C) 2002 STMicroelectronics * Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 Paul Mundt @@ -594,7 +594,8 @@ static int kyrofb_ioctl(struct inode *in switch (cmd) { case KYRO_IOCTL_OVERLAY_CREATE: - copy_from_user(&ol_create, argp, sizeof(overlay_create)); + if (copy_from_user(&ol_create, argp, sizeof(overlay_create))) + return -EFAULT; if (kyro_dev_overlay_create(ol_create.ulWidth, ol_create.ulHeight, 0) < 0) { @@ -604,8 +605,9 @@ static int kyrofb_ioctl(struct inode *in } break; case KYRO_IOCTL_OVERLAY_VIEWPORT_SET: - copy_from_user(&ol_viewport_set, argp, - sizeof(overlay_viewport_set)); + if (copy_from_user(&ol_viewport_set, argp, + sizeof(overlay_viewport_set))) + return -EFAULT; if (kyro_dev_overlay_viewport_set(ol_viewport_set.xOrgin, ol_viewport_set.yOrgin, @@ -625,13 +627,16 @@ static int kyrofb_ioctl(struct inode *in } break; case KYRO_IOCTL_UVSTRIDE: - copy_to_user(argp, &deviceInfo.ulOverlayUVStride, sizeof(unsigned long)); + if (copy_to_user(argp, &deviceInfo.ulOverlayUVStride, sizeof(unsigned long))) + return -EFAULT; break; case KYRO_IOCTL_STRIDE: - copy_to_user(argp, &deviceInfo.ulOverlayStride, sizeof(unsigned long)); + if (copy_to_user(argp, &deviceInfo.ulOverlayStride, sizeof(unsigned long))) + return -EFAULT; break; case KYRO_IOCTL_OVERLAY_OFFSET: - copy_to_user(argp, &deviceInfo.ulOverlayOffset, sizeof(unsigned long)); + if (copy_to_user(argp, &deviceInfo.ulOverlayOffset, sizeof(unsigned long))) + return -EFAULT; break; } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/