The patch titled
ptrace: cleanup ptrace_request()
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
ptrace-cleanup-ptrace_request.patch
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Subject: ptrace: cleanup ptrace_request()
From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx>
Use new 'datavp' and 'datalp' variables to remove unnecesary castings.
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/ptrace.c | 14 +++++++-------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff -puN kernel/ptrace.c~ptrace-cleanup-ptrace_request kernel/ptrace.c
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c~ptrace-cleanup-ptrace_request
+++ a/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -565,6 +565,8 @@ int ptrace_request(struct task_struct *c
{
int ret = -EIO;
siginfo_t siginfo;
+ void __user *datavp = (void __user *) data;
+ unsigned long __user *datalp = datavp;
switch (request) {
case PTRACE_PEEKTEXT:
@@ -581,19 +583,17 @@ int ptrace_request(struct task_struct *c
ret = ptrace_setoptions(child, data);
break;
case PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG:
- ret = put_user(child->ptrace_message, (unsigned long __user *) data);
+ ret = put_user(child->ptrace_message, datalp);
break;
case PTRACE_GETSIGINFO:
ret = ptrace_getsiginfo(child, &siginfo);
if (!ret)
- ret = copy_siginfo_to_user((siginfo_t __user *) data,
- &siginfo);
+ ret = copy_siginfo_to_user(datavp, &siginfo);
break;
case PTRACE_SETSIGINFO:
- if (copy_from_user(&siginfo, (siginfo_t __user *) data,
- sizeof siginfo))
+ if (copy_from_user(&siginfo, datavp, sizeof siginfo))
ret = -EFAULT;
else
ret = ptrace_setsiginfo(child, &siginfo);
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ int ptrace_request(struct task_struct *c
}
mmput(mm);
- ret = put_user(tmp, (unsigned long __user *) data);
+ ret = put_user(tmp, datalp);
break;
}
#endif
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ int ptrace_request(struct task_struct *c
case PTRACE_SETREGSET:
{
struct iovec kiov;
- struct iovec __user *uiov = (struct iovec __user *) data;
+ struct iovec __user *uiov = datavp;
if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, uiov, sizeof(*uiov)))
return -EFAULT;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from namhyung@xxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
linux-next.patch
vfs-remove-a-warning-on-open_fmode.patch
vfs-add-__fmode_exec.patch
mm-cleanup-gfp_zone-fix-sparse-warnings.patch
init-mark-__user-address-space-on-string-literals.patch
kernel-userc-add-lock-release-annotation-on-free_user.patch
printk-fixup-declaration-of-kmsg_reasons.patch
printk-add-lock-context-annotation.patch
printk-change-type-of-boot_delay-to-int.patch
printk-declare-printk_ratelimit_state-in-ratelimith.patch
printk-declare-printk_ratelimit_state-in-ratelimith-fix.patch
ptrace-annotate-lock-context-change-on-exit_ptrace.patch
signals-annotate-lock_task_sighand.patch
signals-annotate-lock-context-change-on-ptrace_stop.patch
exit-add-lock-context-annotation-on-find_new_reaper.patch
ptrace-change-signature-of-sys_ptrace-and-friends.patch
ptrace-cleanup-ptrace_request.patch
ptrace-change-signature-of-arch_ptrace.patch
ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-x86.patch
ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-arm.patch
ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-avr32.patch
ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-and-friends-on-blackfin.patch
ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-cris.patch
ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-frv.patch
ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-h8300.patch
ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-m32r.patch
ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-m68k.patch
ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-microblaze.patch
ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-mips.patch
ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-mn10300.patch
ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-parisc.patch
ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-powerpc.patch
ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-score.patch
ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-sh.patch
ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-sparc.patch
ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-tile.patch
ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-um.patch
ptrace-cleanup-arch_ptrace-on-xtensa.patch
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