linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/7] x86, vdso: add __user annotation to VDSO32

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Date:	Sun,  2 Sep 2012 23:31:41 +0200
From:	Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/7] x86, vdso: add __user annotation to VDSO32_SYMBOL

The address calculated by VDSO32_SYMBOL() is a pointer into userland.
Add the __user annotation to fix related sparse warnings in its users.

Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/vdso.h |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso.h
index bb05228..fddb53d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso.h
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ extern const char VDSO32_PRELINK[];
 #define VDSO32_SYMBOL(base, name)					\
 ({									\
 	extern const char VDSO32_##name[];				\
-	(void *)(VDSO32_##name - VDSO32_PRELINK + (unsigned long)(base)); \
+	(void __user *)(VDSO32_##name - VDSO32_PRELINK +		\
+			(unsigned long)(base));				\
 })
 #endif
 
-- 
1.7.10.4

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