Commit 32927393dc1c ("sysctl: pass kernel pointers to ->proc_handler") changed ctl_table.proc_handler to take a kernel pointer. Adjust the signature of proc_ipc_sem_dointvec to match ctl_table.proc_handler which fixes the following sparse error/warning:
ipc/ipc_sysctl.c:94:47: warning: incorrect type in argument 3 (different address spaces) ipc/ipc_sysctl.c:94:47: expected void *buffer ipc/ipc_sysctl.c:94:47: got void [noderef] __user *buffer ipc/ipc_sysctl.c:194:35: warning: incorrect type in initializer (incompatible argument 3 (different address spaces)) ipc/ipc_sysctl.c:194:35: expected int ( [usertype] *proc_handler )( ... ) ipc/ipc_sysctl.c:194:35: got int ( * )( ... ) Fixes: 32927393dc1c ("sysctl: pass kernel pointers to ->proc_handler") Cc: Christoph Hellwig <h...@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklau...@distanz.ch> --- ipc/ipc_sysctl.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c b/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c index d1b8644bfb88..3f312bf2b116 100644 --- a/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c +++ b/ipc/ipc_sysctl.c @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static int proc_ipc_auto_msgmni(struct ctl_table *table, int write, } static int proc_ipc_sem_dointvec(struct ctl_table *table, int write, - void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos) + void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos) { int ret, semmni; struct ipc_namespace *ns = current->nsproxy->ipc_ns; -- 2.27.0