Re: [PATCH] arch/score/include/asm/uaccess.h: Use standard clear_user() prototype

From: Chen Gang
Date: Wed Jun 25 2014 - 18:12:05 EST


On 06/25/2014 11:29 PM, Lennox Wu wrote:
> Thanks for the patch.
>
> Acked-by: Lennox Wu<lennox.wu@xxxxxxxxx>
>

Thank you for your work, and I shall continue, hope I can finish
allmodconfig for score within next month (2014-07-31).


Thanks.

> 2014-06-22 20:29 GMT+08:00 Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> Use standard clear_user() just like another architectures, also match
>> __clear_user() under score.
>>
>> The related warning (allmodconfig under score):
>>
>> CC [M] drivers/md/dm-ioctl.o
>> drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c: In function 'copy_params':
>> drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c:1728:33: warning: passing argument 1 of 'clear_user' from incompatible pointer type
>> if (secure_data && clear_user(user, param_kernel->data_size))
>> ^
>> In file included from include/linux/uaccess.h:5:0,
>> from include/linux/highmem.h:8,
>> from include/linux/bio.h:23,
>> from include/linux/device-mapper.h:11,
>> from drivers/md/dm.h:14,
>> from drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c:8:
>> ./arch/score/include/asm/uaccess.h:364:29: note: expected 'char *' but argument is of type 'struct dm_ioctl *'
>> static inline unsigned long clear_user(char *src, unsigned long size)
>> ^
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> arch/score/include/asm/uaccess.h | 3 ++-
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/score/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/score/include/asm/uaccess.h
>> index ab66ddd..259a539 100644
>> --- a/arch/score/include/asm/uaccess.h
>> +++ b/arch/score/include/asm/uaccess.h
>> @@ -361,7 +361,8 @@ copy_in_user(void *to, const void *from, unsigned long len)
>> */
>> extern unsigned long __clear_user(void __user *src, unsigned long size);
>>
>> -static inline unsigned long clear_user(char *src, unsigned long size)
>> +static inline unsigned long __must_check clear_user(void __user *src,
>> + unsigned long size)
>> {
>> if (access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, src, size))
>> return __clear_user(src, size);
>> --
>> 1.9.2.459.g68773ac


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Chen Gang

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