linux-kernel - [PATCH] fs/fnctl: fix missing __user in fcntl_rw

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Message-Id: <20191015105049.31412-1-ben.dooks@codethink.co.uk>
Date:   Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:50:49 +0100
From:   Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...ts.codethink.co.uk
Cc:     Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
        "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] fs/fnctl: fix missing __user in fcntl_rw_hint()

The fcntl_rw_hint() has a missing __user annotation in
the code when assinging argp. Add this to fix the
following sparse warnings:

fs/fcntl.c:280:22: warning: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
fs/fcntl.c:280:22:    expected unsigned long long [usertype] *argp
fs/fcntl.c:280:22:    got unsigned long long [noderef] [usertype] <asn:1> *
fs/fcntl.c:287:34: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
fs/fcntl.c:287:34:    expected void [noderef] <asn:1> *to
fs/fcntl.c:287:34:    got unsigned long long [usertype] *argp
fs/fcntl.c:291:40: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces)
fs/fcntl.c:291:40:    expected void const [noderef] <asn:1> *from
fs/fcntl.c:291:40:    got unsigned long long [usertype] *argp
fs/fcntl.c:303:34: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
fs/fcntl.c:303:34:    expected void [noderef] <asn:1> *to
fs/fcntl.c:303:34:    got unsigned long long [usertype] *argp
fs/fcntl.c:307:40: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces)
fs/fcntl.c:307:40:    expected void const [noderef] <asn:1> *from
fs/fcntl.c:307:40:    got unsigned long long [usertype] *argp

Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>
---
Cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
---
 fs/fcntl.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index 3d40771e8e7c..7ca7562f2b79 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ static long fcntl_rw_hint(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 			  unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
-	u64 *argp = (u64 __user *)arg;
+	u64 __user *argp = (u64 __user *)arg;
 	enum rw_hint hint;
 	u64 h;
 
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