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authorSteven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>2011-05-19 14:35:33 -0400
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>2011-05-25 19:56:23 -0400
commitf29c50419c8d1998edd759f1990c4243a248f469 (patch)
treebf75e1376757022dcb54a12eea705f6086649edd
parent6e9101aeec39961308176e0f59e73ac5d37d243a (diff)
maccess,probe_kernel: Make write/read src const void *
The functions probe_kernel_write() and probe_kernel_read() do not modify the src pointer. Allow const pointers to be passed in without the need of a typecast. Acked-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> Acked-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1305824936.1465.4.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com
-rw-r--r--arch/blackfin/mm/maccess.c4
-rw-r--r--arch/s390/mm/maccess.c4
-rw-r--r--include/linux/uaccess.h8
-rw-r--r--mm/maccess.c8
4 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/mm/maccess.c b/arch/blackfin/mm/maccess.c
index b71cebc1f8a3..e2532114c5fd 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/mm/maccess.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/mm/maccess.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ static int validate_memory_access_address(unsigned long addr, int size)
return bfin_mem_access_type(addr, size);
}
-long probe_kernel_read(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
+long probe_kernel_read(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
{
unsigned long lsrc = (unsigned long)src;
int mem_type;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ long probe_kernel_read(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
return -EFAULT;
}
-long probe_kernel_write(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
+long probe_kernel_write(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
{
unsigned long ldst = (unsigned long)dst;
int mem_type;
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/maccess.c b/arch/s390/mm/maccess.c
index 71a4b0d34be0..51e5cd9b906a 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/maccess.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/maccess.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
* using the stura instruction.
* Returns the number of bytes copied or -EFAULT.
*/
-static long probe_kernel_write_odd(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
+static long probe_kernel_write_odd(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
{
unsigned long count, aligned;
int offset, mask;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static long probe_kernel_write_odd(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
return rc ? rc : count;
}
-long probe_kernel_write(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
+long probe_kernel_write(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
{
long copied = 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/uaccess.h b/include/linux/uaccess.h
index d512d98dfb7d..5ca0951e1855 100644
--- a/include/linux/uaccess.h
+++ b/include/linux/uaccess.h
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ static inline unsigned long __copy_from_user_nocache(void *to,
* Safely read from address @src to the buffer at @dst. If a kernel fault
* happens, handle that and return -EFAULT.
*/
-extern long probe_kernel_read(void *dst, void *src, size_t size);
-extern long __probe_kernel_read(void *dst, void *src, size_t size);
+extern long probe_kernel_read(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size);
+extern long __probe_kernel_read(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size);
/*
* probe_kernel_write(): safely attempt to write to a location
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ extern long __probe_kernel_read(void *dst, void *src, size_t size);
* Safely write to address @dst from the buffer at @src. If a kernel fault
* happens, handle that and return -EFAULT.
*/
-extern long notrace probe_kernel_write(void *dst, void *src, size_t size);
-extern long notrace __probe_kernel_write(void *dst, void *src, size_t size);
+extern long notrace probe_kernel_write(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size);
+extern long notrace __probe_kernel_write(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size);
#endif /* __LINUX_UACCESS_H__ */
diff --git a/mm/maccess.c b/mm/maccess.c
index e2b6f5634e0d..4cee182ab5f3 100644
--- a/mm/maccess.c
+++ b/mm/maccess.c
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
* happens, handle that and return -EFAULT.
*/
-long __weak probe_kernel_read(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
+long __weak probe_kernel_read(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
__attribute__((alias("__probe_kernel_read")));
-long __probe_kernel_read(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
+long __probe_kernel_read(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
{
long ret;
mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(probe_kernel_read);
* Safely write to address @dst from the buffer at @src. If a kernel fault
* happens, handle that and return -EFAULT.
*/
-long __weak probe_kernel_write(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
+long __weak probe_kernel_write(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
__attribute__((alias("__probe_kernel_write")));
-long __probe_kernel_write(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
+long __probe_kernel_write(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
{
long ret;
mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();