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/dev/mem: remove redundant parameter from do_write_kmem()
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dev-mem-remove-redundant-parameter-from-do_write_kmem.patch
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Subject: /dev/mem: remove redundant parameter from do_write_kmem()
From: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/mem.c | 14 ++++++--------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/char/mem.c~dev-mem-remove-redundant-parameter-from-do_write_kmem drivers/char/mem.c
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c~dev-mem-remove-redundant-parameter-from-do_write_kmem
+++ a/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ static ssize_t read_kmem(struct file *fi
static inline ssize_t
-do_write_kmem(void *p, unsigned long realp, const char __user * buf,
+do_write_kmem(unsigned long p, const char __user *buf,
size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
{
ssize_t written, sz;
@@ -472,12 +472,11 @@ do_write_kmem(void *p, unsigned long rea
written = 0;
#ifdef __ARCH_HAS_NO_PAGE_ZERO_MAPPED
/* we don't have page 0 mapped on sparc and m68k.. */
- if (realp < PAGE_SIZE) {
- sz = size_inside_page(realp, count);
+ if (p < PAGE_SIZE) {
+ sz = size_inside_page(p, count);
/* Hmm. Do something? */
buf += sz;
p += sz;
- realp += sz;
count -= sz;
written += sz;
}
@@ -486,14 +485,14 @@ do_write_kmem(void *p, unsigned long rea
while (count > 0) {
char *ptr;
- sz = size_inside_page(realp, count);
+ sz = size_inside_page(p, count);
/*
* On ia64 if a page has been mapped somewhere as
* uncached, then it must also be accessed uncached
* by the kernel or data corruption may occur
*/
- ptr = xlate_dev_kmem_ptr(p);
+ ptr = xlate_dev_kmem_ptr((char *)p);
copied = copy_from_user(ptr, buf, sz);
if (copied) {
@@ -504,7 +503,6 @@ do_write_kmem(void *p, unsigned long rea
}
buf += sz;
p += sz;
- realp += sz;
count -= sz;
written += sz;
}
@@ -528,7 +526,7 @@ static ssize_t write_kmem(struct file *
if (p < (unsigned long) high_memory) {
unsigned long to_write = min_t(unsigned long, count,
(unsigned long)high_memory - p);
- wrote = do_write_kmem((void *)p, p, buf, to_write, ppos);
+ wrote = do_write_kmem(p, buf, to_write, ppos);
if (wrote != to_write)
return wrote;
p += wrote;
_
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dev-mem-introduce-size_inside_page.patch
dev-mem-cleanup-unxlate_dev_mem_ptr-calls.patch
dev-mem-cleanup-unxlate_dev_mem_ptr-calls-fix.patch
dev-mem-make-size_inside_page-logic-straight.patch
dev-mem-remove-the-written-variable-in-write_kmem.patch
dev-mem-remove-redundant-parameter-from-do_write_kmem.patch
documentation-vm-gitignore-add-page-types.patch
page-types-add-feature-for-walking-process-address-space.patch
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