Re: [PATCH] keys: remove __user annotation from function prototype

[Randy Dunlap]

ping.

On 1/22/22 12:15, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Remove a missed __user annotation from the prototype for
> keyring_read(). This cures a sparse warning when it complains about
> the difference in the prototype and the function definition.
> 
> security/keys/keyring.c:481:13: sparse:    long static [signed] [toplevel] keyring_read( ... )
> security/keys/keyring.c:81:13: sparse:    long static [addressable] [signed] [toplevel] keyring_read( ... )
> 
> Fixes: 796e46f9e2cb ("keys: Remove outdated __user annotations").
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: keyrings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>  security/keys/keyring.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> --- linux-next-20220121.orig/security/keys/keyring.c
> +++ linux-next-20220121/security/keys/keyring.c
> @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static void keyring_revoke(struct key *k
>  static void keyring_destroy(struct key *keyring);
>  static void keyring_describe(const struct key *keyring, struct seq_file *m);
>  static long keyring_read(const struct key *keyring,
> -			 char __user *buffer, size_t buflen);
> +			 char *buffer, size_t buflen);
>  
>  struct key_type key_type_keyring = {
>  	.name		= "keyring",

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~Randy