Sparse warns because of implicit pointer cast. v2: subject line correction, space between "void" and "*" Signed-off-by: Karoly Kemeny <karoly.kemeny@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ static int do_ip_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
if (sk->sk_type != SOCK_STREAM)
return -ENOPROTOOPT;
- msg.msg_control = optval;
+ msg.msg_control = (__force void *) optval;
msg.msg_controllen = len;
msg.msg_flags = flags;