The patch titled
Subject: proc-alloc-path_max-bytes-for-proc-pid-fd-symlinks-fix
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
proc-alloc-path_max-bytes-for-proc-pid-fd-symlinks-fix.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/proc-alloc-path_max-bytes-for-proc-pid-fd-symlinks-fix.patch
and later at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/proc-alloc-path_max-bytes-for-proc-pid-fd-symlinks-fix.patch
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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: proc-alloc-path_max-bytes-for-proc-pid-fd-symlinks-fix
remove now-unneeded cast
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hao Lee <haolee.swjtu@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Morris <jamorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/proc/base.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/fs/proc/base.c~proc-alloc-path_max-bytes-for-proc-pid-fd-symlinks-fix
+++ a/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -1764,7 +1764,7 @@ out:
static int do_proc_readlink(struct path *path, char __user *buffer, int buflen)
{
- char *tmp = (char *)kmalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
+ char *tmp = kmalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
char *pathname;
int len;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
include-linux-sysctlh-fix-register_sysctl_mount_point-return-type.patch
mm.patch
documentation-vm-page_ownerrst-update-the-documentation-fix.patch
mm-mempolicy-convert-from-atomic_t-to-refcount_t-on-mempolicy-refcnt-fix.patch
proc-alloc-path_max-bytes-for-proc-pid-fd-symlinks-fix.patch
arch-x86-include-asm-pgtableh-needs-spinlockh.patch
mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module-fix.patch
kernel-forkc-export-kernel_thread-to-modules.patch
