linux-kernel - [PATCH trivial] kernel.h: Make container_of

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Date:   Thu, 24 Jan 2019 20:55:05 +0000
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...lanox.com>
To:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        NeilBrown <neilb@...e.com>, Jiri Kosina <trivial@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH trivial] kernel.h: Make container_of_safe type safe

The final ternary expression is given void * and type * as arguments, so
the resulting type of the macro ends up being void *.

container_of returns a type which maches the argument, this provides type
safety and allows the expression to be immediately used as the target
type.

Explicitly cast ERR_CAST() to get the correct type.

Fixes: 05e6557b8ed8 ("staging: lustre: add container_of_safe()")
Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...lanox.com>
---
 include/linux/kernel.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Jiri, can you take this? Thanks

Jason

diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 8f0e68e250a760..7b85aa607eb876 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ static inline void ftrace_dump(enum ftrace_dump_mode oops_dump_mode) { }
 	BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(!__same_type(*(ptr), ((type *)0)->member) &&	\
 			 !__same_type(*(ptr), void),			\
 			 "pointer type mismatch in container_of()");	\
-	IS_ERR_OR_NULL(__mptr) ? ERR_CAST(__mptr) :			\
+	IS_ERR_OR_NULL(__mptr) ? ((type *)ERR_CAST(__mptr)) :		\
 		((type *)(__mptr - offsetof(type, member))); })
 
 /* Rebuild everything on CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD */
-- 
2.20.1