The patch titled Subject: ipc-msg-fix-message-length-check-for-negative-values-fix has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ipc-msg-fix-message-length-check-for-negative-values-fix.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: ipc-msg-fix-message-length-check-for-negative-values-fix fix i386 min() warnings ipc/msgutil.c: In function 'alloc_msg': ipc/msgutil.c:54: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast ipc/msgutil.c:66: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast ipc/msgutil.c: In function 'load_msg': ipc/msgutil.c:94: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast ipc/msgutil.c:101: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast ipc/msgutil.c: In function 'copy_msg': ipc/msgutil.c:127: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast ipc/msgutil.c:135: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast ipc/msgutil.c: In function 'store_msg': ipc/msgutil.c:155: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast ipc/msgutil.c:162: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast Cc: Brad Spengler <spender@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@xxxxxx> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pax Team <pageexec@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- ipc/msgutil.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN ipc/msgutil.c~ipc-msg-fix-message-length-check-for-negative-values-fix ipc/msgutil.c --- a/ipc/msgutil.c~ipc-msg-fix-message-length-check-for-negative-values-fix +++ a/ipc/msgutil.c @@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ struct msg_msgseg { /* the next part of the message follows immediately */ }; -#define DATALEN_MSG (PAGE_SIZE-sizeof(struct msg_msg)) -#define DATALEN_SEG (PAGE_SIZE-sizeof(struct msg_msgseg)) +#define DATALEN_MSG ((size_t)PAGE_SIZE-sizeof(struct msg_msg)) +#define DATALEN_SEG ((size_t)PAGE_SIZE-sizeof(struct msg_msgseg)) static struct msg_msg *alloc_msg(size_t len) _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are arch-alpha-kernel-systblss-remove-debug-check.patch i-need-old-gcc.patch kernel-time-tick-commonc-document-tick_do_timer_cpu.patch mm-readaheadc-do_readhead-dont-check-for-readpage.patch drivers-block-ccissc-cciss_init_one-use-proper-errnos.patch posix_acl-uninlining.patch mm.patch mm-thp-khugepaged-add-policy-for-finding-target-node-fix.patch kernel-printk-printkc-convert-to-pr_foo.patch maintainers-remove-richard-purdie-as-backlight-maintainer-fix.patch checkpatch-extend-camelcase-types-and-ignore-existing-camelcase-uses-in-a-patch.patch checkpatch-add-test-for-defines-of-arch_has_foo.patch epoll-do-not-take-global-epmutex-for-simple-topologies-fix.patch binfmt_elfc-use-get_random_int-to-fix-entropy-depleting.patch init-do_mounts_rdc-fix-null-pointer-dereference-while-loading-initramfs-fix.patch gcov-add-support-for-gcc-47-gcov-format-fix.patch gcov-add-support-for-gcc-47-gcov-format-fix-fix.patch gcov-add-support-for-gcc-47-gcov-format-checkpatch-fixes.patch kernel-modulec-use-pr_foo.patch kernel-gcov-fsc-use-pr_warn.patch kfifo-api-type-safety-checkpatch-fixes.patch ipc-msg-fix-message-length-check-for-negative-values-fix.patch linux-next.patch linux-next-git-rejects.patch linux-next-rejects.patch x86-mem-hotplug-support-initialize-page-tables-in-bottom-up-next-fix.patch net-netfilter-ipset-ip_set_hash_netnetc-fix-build-with-older-gcc.patch net-netfilter-ipset-ip_set_hash_netportnetc-fix-build-with-older-gccs.patch mm-drop-actor-argument-of-do_generic_file_read-fix.patch mm-hugetlb-convert-hugetlbfs-to-use-split-pmd-lock-checkpatch-fixes.patch x86-mm-enable-split-page-table-lock-for-pmd-level-checkpatch-fixes.patch mm-dynamically-allocate-page-ptl-if-it-cannot-be-embedded-to-struct-page-fix-fix.patch tree-wide-use-reinit_completion-instead-of-init_completion-fix.patch kernel-provide-a-__smp_call_function_single-stub-for-config_smp-fix.patch llists-move-llist_reverse_order-from-raid5-to-llistc-fix.patch debugging-keep-track-of-page-owners-fix-2-fix.patch debugging-keep-track-of-page-owners-fix-2-fix-fix-fix.patch journal_add_journal_head-debug.patch kernel-forkc-export-kernel_thread-to-modules.patch mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module.patch slab-leaks3-default-y.patch put_bh-debug.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html