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

[Eric Paris]

On 06/02/2011 07:00 PM, Tony Luck wrote:
>> 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

I think it is the same problem.  I'll redo the patch with typed static
inlines instead of #defines and all of this should hopefully work out.

-Eric
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