[PATCH v2 01/12] fs/proc/kcore.c: Pass a pointer to virt_addr_valid()

Linus Walleij linus.walleij at linaro.org
Mon May 22 00:00:36 PDT 2023


The virt_addr_valid() should be passed a pointer, the current
code passing a long unsigned int is just exploiting the
unintentional polymorphism of these calls being implemented
as preprocessor macros.

Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>
---
 fs/proc/kcore.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/kcore.c b/fs/proc/kcore.c
index 25b44b303b35..75708c66527f 100644
--- a/fs/proc/kcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ kclist_add_private(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, void *arg)
 	ent->addr = (unsigned long)page_to_virt(p);
 	ent->size = nr_pages << PAGE_SHIFT;
 
-	if (!virt_addr_valid(ent->addr))
+	if (!virt_addr_valid((void *)ent->addr))
 		goto free_out;
 
 	/* cut not-mapped area. ....from ppc-32 code. */

-- 
2.34.1




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