[RFC PATCH 27/43] ptrace, mips: cleanup arch_ptrace()

From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Fri Aug 27 2010 - 05:47:36 EST


use new 'addrp' and 'datap' variables type of void pointer in order to remove
unnecessary castings.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c | 23 ++++++++++++-----------
1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c
index 26c29dd..c0ab9d2 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -259,6 +259,8 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request,
unsigned long addr, unsigned long data)
{
int ret;
+ void __user *addrp = (void __user *) addr;
+ void __user *datap = (void __user *) data;

switch (request) {
/* when I and D space are separate, these will need to be fixed. */
@@ -387,7 +389,9 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request,
ret = -EIO;
goto out;
}
- ret = put_user(tmp, (unsigned long __user *) data);
+ ret = copy_to_user(datap, &tmp, sizeof(tmp));
+ if (ret)
+ ret = -EFAULT;
break;
}

@@ -479,34 +483,31 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request,
}

case PTRACE_GETREGS:
- ret = ptrace_getregs(child, (__s64 __user *) data);
+ ret = ptrace_getregs(child, datap);
break;

case PTRACE_SETREGS:
- ret = ptrace_setregs(child, (__s64 __user *) data);
+ ret = ptrace_setregs(child, datap);
break;

case PTRACE_GETFPREGS:
- ret = ptrace_getfpregs(child, (__u32 __user *) data);
+ ret = ptrace_getfpregs(child, datap);
break;

case PTRACE_SETFPREGS:
- ret = ptrace_setfpregs(child, (__u32 __user *) data);
+ ret = ptrace_setfpregs(child, datap);
break;

case PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA:
- ret = put_user(task_thread_info(child)->tp_value,
- (unsigned long __user *) data);
+ ret = put_user(task_thread_info(child)->tp_value, datap);
break;

case PTRACE_GET_WATCH_REGS:
- ret = ptrace_get_watch_regs(child,
- (struct pt_watch_regs __user *) addr);
+ ret = ptrace_get_watch_regs(child, addrp);
break;

case PTRACE_SET_WATCH_REGS:
- ret = ptrace_set_watch_regs(child,
- (struct pt_watch_regs __user *) addr);
+ ret = ptrace_set_watch_regs(child, addrp);
break;

default:
--
1.7.2.2

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