linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ext3/ioctl.c: quite sparse warnings about different address spaces

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Message-ID: <20110613134704.GD4907@quack.suse.cz>
Date:	Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:47:04 +0200
From:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:	H Hartley Sweeten <hartleys@...ionengravers.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, jack@...e.cz,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext3/ioctl.c: quite sparse warnings about different
 address spaces

On Fri 10-06-11 14:59:05, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
> The 'from' argument for copy_from_user and the 'to' argument for
> copy_to_user should both be tagged as __user address space.
> 
> Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>
> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>
  Thanks. Merged.

								Honza
> 
> ---
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext3/ioctl.c b/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
> index f4090bd..c7f4394 100644
> --- a/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
> +++ b/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
> @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ group_add_out:
>  		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
>  			return -EPERM;
>  
> -		if (copy_from_user(&range, (struct fstrim_range *)arg,
> +		if (copy_from_user(&range, (struct fstrim_range __user *)arg,
>  				   sizeof(range)))
>  			return -EFAULT;
>  
> @@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ group_add_out:
>  		if (ret < 0)
>  			return ret;
>  
> -		if (copy_to_user((struct fstrim_range *)arg, &range,
> +		if (copy_to_user((struct fstrim_range __user *)arg, &range,
>  				 sizeof(range)))
>  			return -EFAULT;
>  
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR
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