Sparse complains that "arg" is not a __user pointer. The "argp" and
"arg" variables are equivalent but argp is declared as a __user pointer.
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_user.c b/drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_user.c
index be198c0..4363ed5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_user.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_user.c
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ static int vme_user_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
case CONTROL_MINOR:
switch (cmd) {
case VME_IRQ_GEN:
- copied = copy_from_user(&irq_req, (char *)arg,
+ copied = copy_from_user(&irq_req, argp,
sizeof(struct vme_irq_id));
if (copied != 0) {
printk(KERN_WARNING "Partial copy from userspace\n");
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