From 73e18f7c0b3e1432353cdd86672c27cace7e6a7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christoph Hellwig Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 17:39:15 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] fs: make the buf argument to __kernel_write a void pointer This matches kernel_read and kernel_write and avoids any need for casts in the callers. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- fs/read_write.c | 2 +- include/linux/fs.h | 2 +- kernel/acct.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c index 9f3aeb101d73..7415f94511e5 100644 --- a/fs/read_write.c +++ b/fs/read_write.c @@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ ssize_t __vfs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *p, size_t count, } EXPORT_SYMBOL(__vfs_write); -ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *file, const char *buf, size_t count, loff_t *pos) +ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *file, const void *buf, size_t count, loff_t *pos) { mm_segment_t old_fs; const char __user *p; diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 0e7d3da8a307..9ab7e2bf7dd1 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -2780,7 +2780,7 @@ extern int kernel_read_file_from_fd(int, void **, loff_t *, loff_t, enum kernel_read_file_id); extern ssize_t kernel_read(struct file *, void *, size_t, loff_t *); extern ssize_t kernel_write(struct file *, const void *, size_t, loff_t *); -extern ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *, const char *, size_t, loff_t *); +extern ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *, const void *, size_t, loff_t *); extern struct file * open_exec(const char *); /* fs/dcache.c -- generic fs support functions */ diff --git a/kernel/acct.c b/kernel/acct.c index 5b1284370367..5e72af29ab73 100644 --- a/kernel/acct.c +++ b/kernel/acct.c @@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ static void do_acct_process(struct bsd_acct_struct *acct) if (file_start_write_trylock(file)) { /* it's been opened O_APPEND, so position is irrelevant */ loff_t pos = 0; - __kernel_write(file, (char *)&ac, sizeof(acct_t), &pos); + __kernel_write(file, &ac, sizeof(acct_t), &pos); file_end_write(file); } out: