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virtio_console: fix sparse warnings
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CHECK drivers/char/virtio_console.c
drivers/char/virtio_console.c:687:36: warning: incorrect type in
	argument 1 (different address spaces)
drivers/char/virtio_console.c:687:36:    expected void [noderef]
	<asn:1>*to
drivers/char/virtio_console.c:687:36:    got char *out_buf
drivers/char/virtio_console.c:790:35: warning: incorrect type in
	argument 2 (different address spaces)
drivers/char/virtio_console.c:790:35:    expected char *out_buf
drivers/char/virtio_console.c:790:35:    got char [noderef]
	<asn:1>*ubuf

fill_readbuf is reused with both kernel and userspace pointers,
depending on value of to_user flag.

Tag address parameter as __user, and cast to/from regular pointer type
when we know it's safe.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
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Michael S. Tsirkin committed Dec 9, 2014
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9 changes: 5 additions & 4 deletions drivers/char/virtio_console.c
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Expand Up @@ -669,8 +669,8 @@ static ssize_t __send_to_port(struct port *port, struct scatterlist *sg,
* Give out the data that's requested from the buffer that we have
* queued up.
*/
static ssize_t fill_readbuf(struct port *port, char *out_buf, size_t out_count,
bool to_user)
static ssize_t fill_readbuf(struct port *port, char __user *out_buf,
size_t out_count, bool to_user)
{
struct port_buffer *buf;
unsigned long flags;
Expand All @@ -688,7 +688,8 @@ static ssize_t fill_readbuf(struct port *port, char *out_buf, size_t out_count,
if (ret)
return -EFAULT;
} else {
memcpy(out_buf, buf->buf + buf->offset, out_count);
memcpy((__force char *)out_buf, buf->buf + buf->offset,
out_count);
}

buf->offset += out_count;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1162,7 +1163,7 @@ static int get_chars(u32 vtermno, char *buf, int count)
/* If we don't have an input queue yet, we can't get input. */
BUG_ON(!port->in_vq);

return fill_readbuf(port, buf, count, false);
return fill_readbuf(port, (__force char __user *)buf, count, false);
}

static void resize_console(struct port *port)
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