The patch titled
Fix pointer mismatches in proc_sysctl.c
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
fix-pointer-mismatches-in-proc_sysctlc.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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Subject: Fix pointer mismatches in proc_sysctl.c
From: David Howells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Fix pointer mismatches in proc_sysctl.c. The proc_handler() method returns
a size_t through an arg pointer, but is given a pointer to a ssize_t to
return into.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c~fix-pointer-mismatches-in-proc_sysctlc
fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c~fix-pointer-mismatches-in-proc_sysctlc
+++ a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ static ssize_t proc_sys_read(struct file
struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_dentry;
struct ctl_table_header *head;
struct ctl_table *table;
- ssize_t error, res;
+ ssize_t error;
+ size_t res;
table = do_proc_sys_lookup(dentry->d_parent, &dentry->d_name, &head);
/* Has the sysctl entry disappeared on us? */
@@ -209,7 +210,8 @@ static ssize_t proc_sys_write(struct fil
struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_dentry;
struct ctl_table_header *head;
struct ctl_table *table;
- ssize_t error, res;
+ ssize_t error;
+ size_t res;
table = do_proc_sys_lookup(dentry->d_parent, &dentry->d_name, &head);
/* Has the sysctl entry disappeared on us? */
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from [EMAIL PROTECTED] are
origin.patch
64-bit-i_version-afs-fixes.patch
embed-a-struct-path-into-struct-nameidata-instead-of-nd-dentrymnt.patch
embed-a-struct-path-into-struct-nameidata-instead-of-nd-dentrymnt-checkpatch-fixes.patch
use-path_put-in-a-few-places-instead-of-mntdput.patch
mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module.patch
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