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authorRussell King <rmk@dyn-67.arm.linux.org.uk>2005-11-18 14:22:03 +0000
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2005-11-18 14:22:03 +0000
commitd2c5b69099ff747f9757da2416383b9a999171b1 (patch)
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[ARM] Fix get_user when passed a const pointer
Unfortunately, later gcc versions error out when our get_user is passed a const pointer, since we write to a temporary variable declared as typeof(*(p)) which propagates the const-ness. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/asm-arm')
-rw-r--r--include/asm-arm/uaccess.h8
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-arm/uaccess.h b/include/asm-arm/uaccess.h
index a2fdad0138b3..064f0f5e8e2b 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/uaccess.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/uaccess.h
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ static inline void set_fs (mm_segment_t fs)
extern int __get_user_1(void *);
extern int __get_user_2(void *);
extern int __get_user_4(void *);
-extern int __get_user_8(void *);
extern int __get_user_bad(void);
#define __get_user_x(__r2,__p,__e,__s,__i...) \
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ extern int __get_user_bad(void);
#define get_user(x,p) \
({ \
const register typeof(*(p)) __user *__p asm("r0") = (p);\
- register typeof(*(p)) __r2 asm("r2"); \
+ register unsigned int __r2 asm("r2"); \
register int __e asm("r0"); \
switch (sizeof(*(__p))) { \
case 1: \
@@ -126,12 +125,9 @@ extern int __get_user_bad(void);
case 4: \
__get_user_x(__r2, __p, __e, 4, "lr"); \
break; \
- case 8: \
- __get_user_x(__r2, __p, __e, 8, "lr"); \
- break; \
default: __e = __get_user_bad(); break; \
} \
- x = __r2; \
+ x = (typeof(*(p))) __r2; \
__e; \
})