From: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: fork: adjust sysctl_max_threads definition to match prototype
Commit 32927393dc1c ("sysctl: pass kernel pointers to ->proc_handler")
changed ctl_table.proc_handler to take a kernel pointer. Adjust the
definition of sysctl_max_threads to match its prototype in linux/sysctl.h
which fixes the following sparse error/warning:
kernel/fork.c:3050:47: warning: incorrect type in argument 3 (different address spaces)
kernel/fork.c:3050:47: expected void *
kernel/fork.c:3050:47: got void [noderef] __user *buffer
kernel/fork.c:3036:5: error: symbol 'sysctl_max_threads' redeclared with different type (incompatible argument 3 (different address spaces)):
kernel/fork.c:3036:5: int extern [addressable] [signed] [toplevel] sysctl_max_threads( ... )
kernel/fork.c: note: in included file (through include/linux/key.h, include/linux/cred.h, include/linux/sched/signal.h, include/linux/sched/cputime.h):
./include/linux/sysctl.h:242:5: note: previously declared as:
./include/linux/sysctl.h:242:5: int extern [addressable] [signed] [toplevel] sysctl_max_threads( ... )
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200825093647.24263-1-tklauser@xxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 32927393dc1c ("sysctl: pass kernel pointers to ->proc_handler")
Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/fork.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/kernel/fork.c~fork-adjust-sysctl_max_threads-definition-to-match-prototype
+++ a/kernel/fork.c
@@ -3014,7 +3014,7 @@ int unshare_files(struct files_struct **
}
int sysctl_max_threads(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
- void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+ void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
{
struct ctl_table t;
int ret;
_
