Fix pointer mismatches in proc_sysctl.c
authorDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:27:40 +0000 (15:27 +0100)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:16:49 +0000 (15:16 -0700)
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 <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c

index 680c429..4e57fcf 100644 (file)
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ static ssize_t proc_sys_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
        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 file *filp, const char __user *buf,
        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? */