linux-kernel - [PATCH] apparmor: Force type-casting of current->real

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Date:   Tue, 23 Apr 2019 22:23:00 +0530
From:   Bharath Vedartham <linux.bhar@...il.com>
To:     john.johansen@...onical.com, jmorris@...ei.org, serge@...lyn.com
Cc:     linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] apparmor: Force type-casting of current->real_cred

This patch fixes the sparse warning:
warning: cast removes address space '<asn:4>' of expression.

Signed-off-by: Bharath Vedartham <linux.bhar@...il.com>
---
 security/apparmor/lsm.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/security/apparmor/lsm.c b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
index 87500bd..36478c4 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/lsm.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/lsm.c
@@ -1529,7 +1529,7 @@ static int param_set_mode(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
  */
 static int __init set_init_ctx(void)
 {
-	struct cred *cred = (struct cred *)current->real_cred;
+	struct cred *cred = (__force struct cred *)current->real_cred;
 
 	set_cred_label(cred, aa_get_label(ns_unconfined(root_ns)));
 
-- 
2.7.4