linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] staging: android: ashmem: fix ashmem pin/unpin interface

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Message-Id: <1359734881-15093-2-git-send-email-serban.constantinescu@arm.com>
Date:	Fri,  1 Feb 2013 16:08:00 +0000
From:	Serban Constantinescu <serban.constantinescu@....com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	kernel-team@...roid.com, arve@...roid.com, john.stultz@...aro.org,
	Dave.Butcher@....com
Cc:	Serban Constantinescu <serban.constantinescu@....com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] staging: android: ashmem: fix ashmem pin/unpin interface

The values exchanged between kernel and userspace through struct
ashmem_pin should be of type size_t. This change won't affect the
existing interface but will stand as the basis of 64bit compat layer.

Signed-off-by: Serban Constantinescu <serban.constantinescu@....com>
---
 drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c |    2 +-
 drivers/staging/android/ashmem.h |    4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
index 72064fc..aa52646 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ static int ashmem_pin_unpin(struct ashmem_area *asma, unsigned long cmd,
 	if (unlikely((pin.offset | pin.len) & ~PAGE_MASK))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (unlikely(((__u32) -1) - pin.offset < pin.len))
+	if (unlikely(((size_t) -1) - pin.offset < pin.len))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (unlikely(PAGE_ALIGN(asma->size) < pin.offset + pin.len))
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.h b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.h
index 1976b10..c9b2eba 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.h
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 #define ASHMEM_IS_PINNED	1
 
 struct ashmem_pin {
-	__u32 offset;	/* offset into region, in bytes, page-aligned */
-	__u32 len;	/* length forward from offset, in bytes, page-aligned */
+	size_t offset;	/* offset into region, in bytes, page-aligned */
+	size_t len;	/* length forward from offset, in bytes, page-aligned */
 };
 
 #define __ASHMEMIOC		0x77
-- 
1.7.9.5

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