[PATCH v2 2/3] riscv: process: use unsigned int instead of unsigned long for put_user()

Clément Léger cleger at rivosinc.com
Mon Jun 2 12:39:15 PDT 2025


The specification of prctl() for GET_UNALIGN_CTL states that the value is
returned in an unsigned int * address passed as an unsigned long. Change
the type to match that and avoid an unaligned access as well.

Signed-off-by: Clément Léger <cleger at rivosinc.com>
---
 arch/riscv/kernel/process.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/process.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/process.c
index 15d8f75902f8..9ee6d816b98b 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/process.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ int get_unalign_ctl(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long adr)
 	if (!unaligned_ctl_available())
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	return put_user(tsk->thread.align_ctl, (unsigned long __user *)adr);
+	return put_user(tsk->thread.align_ctl, (unsigned int __user *)adr);
 }
 
 void __show_regs(struct pt_regs *regs)
-- 
2.49.0




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