Re: [PATCH] Audit: push audit success and retcode into arch ptrace.h

[Tony Luck]

> But there seems to be another problem.
> Why is pt_regs of type void *?
>
> gcc complains:
> In file included from include/linux/fsnotify.h:15:0,
>                 from include/linux/security.h:26,
>                 from init/main.c:32:
> include/linux/audit.h: In function ‘audit_syscall_exit’:
> include/linux/audit.h:440:17: warning: dereferencing ‘void *’ pointer
> include/linux/audit.h:440:3: error: invalid use of void expression
> include/linux/audit.h:441:21: warning: dereferencing ‘void *’ pointer
> include/linux/audit.h:441:21: error: void value not ignored as it ought to be

Perhaps same issue on ia64 - but symptoms are different:

  CC      crypto/cipher.o
In file included from include/linux/fsnotify.h:15,
                 from include/linux/security.h:26,
                 from init/do_mounts.c:8:
include/linux/audit.h: In function ‘audit_syscall_exit’:
include/linux/audit.h:440: warning: dereferencing ‘void *’ pointer
include/linux/audit.h:440: error: request for member ‘r10’ in
something not a structure or union
include/linux/audit.h:441: error: request for member ‘r10’ in
something not a structure or union
include/linux/audit.h:441: error: request for member ‘r8’ in something
not a structure or union
include/linux/audit.h:441: error: request for member ‘r8’ in something
not a structure or union
include/linux/audit.h:441: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘}’ token
include/linux/audit.h:441: error: void value not ignored as it ought to be

-Tony
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