[RFC PATCH 08/43] ptrace, arm: cleanup arch_ptrace()

From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Fri Aug 27 2010 - 05:50:36 EST


use new 'datap' variable type of void pointer in order to remove unnecessary
castings.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
index 87ca2c7..4be8a58 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -851,10 +851,11 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request,
unsigned long addr, unsigned long data)
{
int ret;
+ void __user *datap = (void __user *) data;

switch (request) {
case PTRACE_PEEKUSR:
- ret = ptrace_read_user(child, addr, (unsigned long __user *)data);
+ ret = ptrace_read_user(child, addr, datap);
break;

case PTRACE_POKEUSR:
@@ -862,35 +863,39 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request,
break;

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

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

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

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

#ifdef CONFIG_IWMMXT
case PTRACE_GETWMMXREGS:
- ret = ptrace_getwmmxregs(child, (void __user *)data);
+ ret = ptrace_getwmmxregs(child, datap);
break;

case PTRACE_SETWMMXREGS:
- ret = ptrace_setwmmxregs(child, (void __user *)data);
+ ret = ptrace_setwmmxregs(child, datap);
break;
#endif

- case PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA:
- ret = put_user(task_thread_info(child)->tp_value,
- (unsigned long __user *) data);
+ case PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA: {
+ unsigned long tpval;
+ tpval = task_thread_info(child)->tp_value;
+
+ ret = copy_to_user(datap, &tpval, sizeof(tpval)) ?
+ -EFAULT : 0;
break;
+ }

case PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL:
task_thread_info(child)->syscall = data;
@@ -899,21 +904,21 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request,

#ifdef CONFIG_CRUNCH
case PTRACE_GETCRUNCHREGS:
- ret = ptrace_getcrunchregs(child, (void __user *)data);
+ ret = ptrace_getcrunchregs(child, datap);
break;

case PTRACE_SETCRUNCHREGS:
- ret = ptrace_setcrunchregs(child, (void __user *)data);
+ ret = ptrace_setcrunchregs(child, datap);
break;
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_VFP
case PTRACE_GETVFPREGS:
- ret = ptrace_getvfpregs(child, (void __user *)data);
+ ret = ptrace_getvfpregs(child, datap);
break;

case PTRACE_SETVFPREGS:
- ret = ptrace_setvfpregs(child, (void __user *)data);
+ ret = ptrace_setvfpregs(child, datap);
break;
#endif

--
1.7.2.2

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