linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/4] 9p: pass the correct prototype to read_cache

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Date:   Wed, 1 May 2019 19:34:43 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/4] 9p: pass the correct prototype to read_cache_page

Fix the callback 9p passes to read_cache_page to actually have the
proper type expected.  Casting around function pointers can easily
hide typing bugs, and defeats control flow protection.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
---
 fs/9p/vfs_addr.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c b/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c
index 0bcbcc20f769..02e0fc51401e 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@
  * @page: structure to page
  *
  */
-static int v9fs_fid_readpage(struct p9_fid *fid, struct page *page)
+static int v9fs_fid_readpage(void *data, struct page *page)
 {
+	struct p9_fid *fid = data;
 	struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
 	struct bio_vec bvec = {.bv_page = page, .bv_len = PAGE_SIZE};
 	struct iov_iter to;
@@ -122,7 +123,8 @@ static int v9fs_vfs_readpages(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping,
 	if (ret == 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = read_cache_pages(mapping, pages, (void *)v9fs_vfs_readpage, filp);
+	ret = read_cache_pages(mapping, pages, v9fs_fid_readpage,
+			filp->private_data);
 	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "  = %d\n", ret);
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
2.20.1