linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH]: allow individual core dump methods to be unlimited when sending to a pipe

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Date:	Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:37:59 -0400
From:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, wwoods@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: allow individual core dump methods to be unlimited when sending to a pipe

On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 10:03:58PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> SuperH allmodconfig broke:
> 
> fs/binfmt_flat.c:83: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
> fs/binfmt_flat.c:94: error: conflicting types for 'flat_core_dump'
> fs/binfmt_flat.c:78: error: previous declaration of 'flat_core_dump' was here
> fs/binfmt_flat.c:94: error: conflicting types for 'flat_core_dump'
> fs/binfmt_flat.c:78: error: previous declaration of 'flat_core_dump' was here
> fs/binfmt_flat.c: In function `decompress_exec':
> fs/binfmt_flat.c:293: warning: label `out' defined but not used
> fs/binfmt_flat.c: In function `load_flat_file':
> fs/binfmt_flat.c:462: warning: unsigned int format, long int arg (arg 3)
> fs/binfmt_flat.c:462: warning: unsigned int format, long int arg (arg 4)
> fs/binfmt_flat.c:518: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
> fs/binfmt_flat.c:549: warning: passing arg 1 of `ksize' makes pointer from integer without a cast
> fs/binfmt_flat.c:601: warning: passing arg 1 of `ksize' makes pointer from integer without a cast
> fs/binfmt_flat.c: At top level:
> fs/binfmt_flat.c:78: warning: 'flat_core_dump' used but never defined
> fs/binfmt_flat.c:94: warning: 'flat_core_dump' defined but not used

Damn!  Sorry about that.  At least I have a mediocre excuse in that it was on an
arch I didn't have hardware to test with.  Should have caught that sooner
though.  Heres the patch for it.

Regards
Neil

Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>


 binfmt_flat.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_flat.c b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
index e8f8198..cc24c5d 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_flat.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static int load_flat_shared_library(int id, struct lib_info *p);
 #endif
 
 static int load_flat_binary(struct linux_binprm *, struct pt_regs * regs);
-static int flat_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs * regs, struct file *file, u32 limit);
+static int flat_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs * regs, struct file *file, unsigned long limit);
 
 static struct linux_binfmt flat_format = {
 	.module		= THIS_MODULE,
-- 
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