--- linux-2.4.27-rc3-pa6mm/kernel/sysctl.c.Orig	2004-06-29 09:03:42.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.4.27-rc3-pa6mm/kernel/sysctl.c	2004-07-29 11:41:30.021094824 +0200
@@ -883,14 +883,15 @@
 	
 	for (; left && vleft--; i++, first=0) {
 		if (write) {
+			p = buffer;
 			while (left) {
 				char c;
-				if (get_user(c, (char *) buffer))
+				if (get_user(c, p))
 					return -EFAULT;
 				if (!isspace(c))
 					break;
 				left--;
-				((char *) buffer)++;
+				p++;
 			}
 			if (!left)
 				break;
@@ -1036,14 +1037,15 @@
 	
 	for (; left && vleft--; i++, min++, max++, first=0) {
 		if (write) {
+			p = buffer;
 			while (left) {
 				char c;
-				if (get_user(c, (char *) buffer))
+				if (get_user(c, p))
 					return -EFAULT;
 				if (!isspace(c))
 					break;
 				left--;
-				((char *) buffer)++;
+				p++;
 			}
 			if (!left)
 				break;
@@ -1137,14 +1139,15 @@
 	
 	for (; left && vleft--; i++, first=0) {
 		if (write) {
+			p = (char *)buffer;
 			while (left) {
 				char c;
-				if (get_user(c, (char *) buffer))
+				if (get_user(c, p))
 					return -EFAULT;
 				if (!isspace(c))
 					break;
 				left--;
-				((char *) buffer)++;
+				p++;
 			}
 			if (!left)
 				break;