linux-kernel - [PATCH] kernel/hung_task: fix address space of proc_dohung_task_timeout

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Message-Id: <20220714074744.189017-1-ben.dooks@sifive.com>
Date:   Thu, 14 Jul 2022 08:47:44 +0100
From:   Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ive.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Sudip Mukherjee <sudip.mukherjee@...ive.com>,
        Jude Onyenegecha <jude.onyenegecha@...ive.com>,
        Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ive.com>
Subject: [PATCH] kernel/hung_task: fix address space of proc_dohung_task_timeout_secs

The proc_dohung_task_timeout_secs() function is incorrectly marked
as having a __user buffer as argument 3. However this is not the
case and it is casing multiple sparse warnings. Fix the following
warnings by removing __user from the argument:

kernel/hung_task.c:237:52: warning: incorrect type in argument 3 (different address spaces)
kernel/hung_task.c:237:52:    expected void *
kernel/hung_task.c:237:52:    got void [noderef] __user *buffer
kernel/hung_task.c:287:35: warning: incorrect type in initializer (incompatible argument 3 (different address spaces))
kernel/hung_task.c:287:35:    expected int ( [usertype] *proc_handler )( ... )
kernel/hung_task.c:287:35:    got int ( * )( ... )
kernel/hung_task.c:295:35: warning: incorrect type in initializer (incompatible argument 3 (different address spaces))
kernel/hung_task.c:295:35:    expected int ( [usertype] *proc_handler )( ... )
kernel/hung_task.c:295:35:    got int ( * )( ... )

Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ive.com>
---
 kernel/hung_task.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/hung_task.c b/kernel/hung_task.c
index cff3ae8c818f..bb2354f73ded 100644
--- a/kernel/hung_task.c
+++ b/kernel/hung_task.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static long hung_timeout_jiffies(unsigned long last_checked,
  * Process updating of timeout sysctl
  */
 static int proc_dohung_task_timeout_secs(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
-				  void __user *buffer,
+				  void *buffer,
 				  size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	int ret;
-- 
2.35.1