Re: [PATCH 2/3] ptrace: add __force markup

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Sunday 22 August 2010 12:22:15 Namhyung Kim wrote:
> index 4afd9b8..1abbb4d 100644
> --- a/kernel/ptrace.c
> +++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
> @@ -580,18 +580,19 @@ int ptrace_request(struct task_struct *child, long request,
>                 ret = ptrace_setoptions(child, data);
>                 break;
>         case PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG:
> -               ret = put_user(child->ptrace_message, (unsigned long __user *) data);
> +               ret = put_user(child->ptrace_message,
> +                              (unsigned long __user __force *) data);
>                 break;

Maybe you should introduce a new temporary variable

	void __user *p = (void __user __force*)data;

and get rid of all the other casts instead.

	Arnd
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