This patch makes the untagged_addr macro accept all kinds of address types (void *, unsigned long, etc.) and allows not to specify type casts in each place where it is used. This is done by using __typeof__. Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/arm64/include/asm/uaccess.h | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/uaccess.h index e66b0fca99c2..2d6451cbaa86 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/uaccess.h +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/uaccess.h @@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ static inline unsigned long __range_ok(const void __user *addr, unsigned long si * up with a tagged userland pointer. Clear the tag to get a sane pointer to * pass on to access_ok(), for instance. */ -#define untagged_addr(addr) sign_extend64(addr, 55) +#define untagged_addr(addr) \ + ((__typeof__(addr))sign_extend64((__u64)(addr), 55)) #define access_ok(type, addr, size) __range_ok(addr, size) #define user_addr_max get_fs -- 2.17.0.484.g0c8726318c-goog -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html