+ vmcore-introduce-remap_oldmem_pfn_range-fix.patch added to -mm tree

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Subject: + vmcore-introduce-remap_oldmem_pfn_range-fix.patch added to -mm tree
To: holzheu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,d.hatayama@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx,fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx,vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx,willeke@xxxxxxxxxx
From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:08:36 -0700


The patch titled
     Subject: vmcore: fix address space sparse warnings
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     vmcore-introduce-remap_oldmem_pfn_range-fix.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/vmcore-introduce-remap_oldmem_pfn_range-fix.patch
and later at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/vmcore-introduce-remap_oldmem_pfn_range-fix.patch

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From: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: vmcore: fix address space sparse warnings

Fix the following sparse warnings:

 fs/proc/vmcore.c:173:34: sparse: incorrect type in argument 1
                                  (different address spaces)
 fs/proc/vmcore.c:173:34:    expected void [noderef] <asn:1>*dst
 fs/proc/vmcore.c:173:34:    got void *target
 fs/proc/vmcore.c:256:30: sparse: incorrect type in argument 1
                                  (different address spaces)
 fs/proc/vmcore.c:256:30:    expected char *[assigned] buffer
 fs/proc/vmcore.c:256:30:    got char [noderef] <asn:1>*buffer

Signed-off-by: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatayama@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Willeke <willeke@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 fs/proc/vmcore.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -puN fs/proc/vmcore.c~vmcore-introduce-remap_oldmem_pfn_range-fix fs/proc/vmcore.c
--- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c~vmcore-introduce-remap_oldmem_pfn_range-fix
+++ a/fs/proc/vmcore.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ int __weak remap_oldmem_pfn_range(struct
 static int copy_to(void *target, void *src, size_t size, int userbuf)
 {
 	if (userbuf) {
-		if (copy_to_user(target, src, size))
+		if (copy_to_user((char __user *) target, src, size))
 			return -EFAULT;
 	} else {
 		memcpy(target, src, size);
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static ssize_t __read_vmcore(char *buffe
 static ssize_t read_vmcore(struct file *file, char __user *buffer,
 			   size_t buflen, loff_t *fpos)
 {
-	return __read_vmcore(buffer, buflen, fpos, 1);
+	return __read_vmcore((__force char *) buffer, buflen, fpos, 1);
 }
 
 /*
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from holzheu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are

vmcore-introduce-elf-header-in-new-memory-feature.patch
s390-vmcore-use-elf-header-in-new-memory-feature.patch
vmcore-introduce-remap_oldmem_pfn_range.patch
vmcore-introduce-remap_oldmem_pfn_range-fix.patch
s390-vmcore-implement-remap_oldmem_pfn_range-for-s390.patch
vmcore-enable-proc-vmcore-mmap-for-s390.patch
s390-vmcore-use-vmcore-for-zfcpdump.patch

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