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Subject[PATCH] Fix pointer mismatches in proc_sysctl.c
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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>
---

fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 6 ++++--
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 680c429..4e57fcf 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -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? */
-
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