[PATCH] Generic: Move __user cast into probe_kernel_address
authorAndi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Thu, 7 Dec 2006 01:14:05 +0000 (02:14 +0100)
committerAndi Kleen <andi@basil.nowhere.org>
Thu, 7 Dec 2006 01:14:05 +0000 (02:14 +0100)
Caller of probe_kernel_address shouldn't need to know that
pka is internally implemented with __get_user. So move the
__user cast into pka.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
include/linux/uaccess.h

index a48d7f11c7be06772327604dc40c3f91b0b57145..65a68da8bd5d1bfc67d5f138a445909a6b9f073e 100644 (file)
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static inline unsigned long __copy_from_user_nocache(void *to,
                long ret;                               \
                                                        \
                inc_preempt_count();                    \
-               ret = __get_user(retval, addr);         \
+               ret = __get_user(retval, (__force typeof(*addr) __user *)addr);\
                dec_preempt_count();                    \
                ret;                                    \
        })