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Subject[PATCH 1/4] sysctl: clean up char buffer arguments
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The char buffer arguments are needlessly cast in weird places. Clean it up
so things are easier to read.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
---
kernel/sysctl.c | 14 +++++++-------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 74f5b580fe34..e7ff80a73c44 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1698,8 +1698,8 @@ int __init sysctl_init(void)

#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL

-static int _proc_do_string(void* data, int maxlen, int write,
- void __user *buffer,
+static int _proc_do_string(char *data, int maxlen, int write,
+ char __user *buffer,
size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
{
size_t len;
@@ -1725,7 +1725,7 @@ static int _proc_do_string(void* data, int maxlen, int write,
len = maxlen-1;
if(copy_from_user(data, buffer, len))
return -EFAULT;
- ((char *) data)[len] = 0;
+ data[len] = 0;
*ppos += *lenp;
} else {
len = strlen(data);
@@ -1743,10 +1743,10 @@ static int _proc_do_string(void* data, int maxlen, int write,
if (len > *lenp)
len = *lenp;
if (len)
- if(copy_to_user(buffer, data, len))
+ if (copy_to_user(buffer, data, len))
return -EFAULT;
if (len < *lenp) {
- if(put_user('\n', ((char __user *) buffer) + len))
+ if (put_user('\n', buffer + len))
return -EFAULT;
len++;
}
@@ -1776,8 +1776,8 @@ static int _proc_do_string(void* data, int maxlen, int write,
int proc_dostring(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
{
- return _proc_do_string(table->data, table->maxlen, write,
- buffer, lenp, ppos);
+ return _proc_do_string((char *)(table->data), table->maxlen, write,
+ (char __user *)buffer, lenp, ppos);
}

static size_t proc_skip_spaces(char **buf)
--
1.7.9.5


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