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Date:	Mon, 5 Nov 2007 22:14:42 +0800
From:	WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	jdike@...aya.com, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: [git Patch] UML: More varied improvements


Hi, Jeff!

This patch also does some improvements for uml code. Improvements include
dropping unnecessary cast, killing some unnecessary code and still some
constifying for pointers etc..

Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@...aya.com>

---
 arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c             |    6 +++---
 arch/um/include/kern_util.h            |    2 +-
 arch/um/kernel/mem.c                   |    2 +-
 arch/um/kernel/process.c               |    4 +---
 arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/tuntap_user.c |    2 +-
 arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c                 |    7 ++++---
 arch/um/os-Linux/sigio.c               |    2 +-
 7 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
index e184b44..7b3271d 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static int proc_ide_read_media(char *page, char **start, off_t off, int count,
 	return len;
 }
 
-static void make_ide_entries(char *dev_name)
+static void make_ide_entries(const char *dev_name)
 {
 	struct proc_dir_entry *dir, *ent;
 	char name[64];
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static void make_ide_entries(char *dev_name)
 	ent->data = NULL;
 	ent->read_proc = proc_ide_read_media;
 	ent->write_proc = NULL;
-	sprintf(name,"ide0/%s", dev_name);
+	snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "ide0/%s", dev_name);
 	proc_symlink(dev_name, proc_ide_root, name);
 }
 
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ __uml_help(ubd_setup,
 "    an 's' will cause data to be written to disk on the host immediately.\n\n"
 );
 
-static int udb_setup(char *str)
+static int udb_setup(const char *str)
 {
 	printk("udb%s specified on command line is almost certainly a ubd -> "
 	       "udb TYPO\n", str);
diff --git a/arch/um/include/kern_util.h b/arch/um/include/kern_util.h
index 74ce8e5..aa27eb0 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/kern_util.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/kern_util.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ extern void do_uml_exitcalls(void);
 extern int attach_debugger(int idle_pid, int pid, int stop);
 extern int config_gdb(char *str);
 extern int remove_gdb(void);
-extern char *uml_strdup(char *string);
+extern char *uml_strdup(const char *string);
 extern void unprotect_kernel_mem(void);
 extern void protect_kernel_mem(void);
 extern void uml_cleanup(void);
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/mem.c b/arch/um/kernel/mem.c
index 59822de..9edde52 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/mem.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/mem.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static void setup_highmem(unsigned long highmem_start,
 void __init mem_init(void)
 {
 	/* clear the zero-page */
-	memset((void *) empty_zero_page, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
+	memset(empty_zero_page, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	/* Map in the area just after the brk now that kmalloc is about
 	 * to be turned on.
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/process.c b/arch/um/kernel/process.c
index 0eae00b..35849b5 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/process.c
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ unsigned long alloc_stack(int order, int atomic)
 	if (atomic)
 		flags = GFP_ATOMIC;
 	page = __get_free_pages(flags, order);
-	if (page == 0)
-		return 0;
 
 	return page;
 }
@@ -331,7 +329,7 @@ void do_uml_exitcalls(void)
 		(*call)();
 }
 
-char *uml_strdup(char *string)
+char *uml_strdup(const char *string)
 {
 	return kstrdup(string, GFP_KERNEL);
 }
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/tuntap_user.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/tuntap_user.c
index 6c55d3c..2f0055b 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/tuntap_user.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/drivers/tuntap_user.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static int tuntap_open(void *data)
 		memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(ifr));
 		ifr.ifr_flags = IFF_TAP | IFF_NO_PI;
 		strlcpy(ifr.ifr_name, pri->dev_name, sizeof(ifr.ifr_name));
-		if (ioctl(pri->fd, TUNSETIFF, (void *) &ifr) < 0) {
+		if (ioctl(pri->fd, TUNSETIFF, &ifr) < 0) {
 			err = -errno;
 			printk(UM_KERN_ERR "TUNSETIFF failed, errno = %d\n",
 			       errno);
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c
index 436f8d2..ee13060 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/mem.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static char *tempdir = NULL;
 
 static void __init find_tempdir(void)
 {
-	char *dirs[] = { "TMP", "TEMP", "TMPDIR", NULL };
+	const char *dirs[] = { "TMP", "TEMP", "TMPDIR", NULL };
 	int i;
 	char *dir = NULL;
 
@@ -59,9 +59,10 @@ static void __init find_tempdir(void)
  * read the file as needed.  If there's an error, -errno is returned;
  * if the end of the file is reached, 0 is returned.
  */
-static int next(int fd, char *buf, int size, char c)
+static int next(int fd, char *buf, size_t size, char c)
 {
-	int n, len;
+	ssize_t n;
+	size_t len;
 	char *ptr;
 
 	while((ptr = strchr(buf, c)) == NULL){
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/sigio.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/sigio.c
index dc03e9c..7243f57 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/sigio.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/sigio.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ static int async_pty(int master, int slave)
 	if((fcntl(slave, F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK) < 0))
 		return -errno;
 
-	return(0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void __init check_one_sigio(void (*proc)(int, int))

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