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authorThierry Reding <treding@nvidia.com>2014-07-28 17:20:33 +0200
committerThierry Reding <treding@nvidia.com>2014-11-10 15:59:21 +0100
commit4707a341b4af57c72c1573a89d303559cf7bcf88 (patch)
treeadf5f6360dafaf60e00995326b92cf1664828662 /drivers/char/mem.c
parentChange xlate_dev_{kmem,mem}_ptr() prototypes (diff)
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/dev/mem: Use more consistent data types
The xlate_dev_{kmem,mem}_ptr() functions take either a physical address or a kernel virtual address, so data types should be phys_addr_t and void *. They both return a kernel virtual address which is only ever used in calls to copy_{from,to}_user(), so make variables that store it void * rather than char * for consistency. Also only define a weak unxlate_dev_mem_ptr() function if architectures haven't overridden them in the asm/io.h header file. Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <treding@nvidia.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char/mem.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/mem.c13
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index 524b707894ef..4c58333b4257 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -84,9 +84,12 @@ static inline int range_is_allowed(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long size)
}
#endif
-void __weak unxlate_dev_mem_ptr(unsigned long phys, void *addr)
+#ifndef unxlate_dev_mem_ptr
+#define unxlate_dev_mem_ptr unxlate_dev_mem_ptr
+void __weak unxlate_dev_mem_ptr(phys_addr_t phys, void *addr)
{
}
+#endif
/*
* This funcion reads the *physical* memory. The f_pos points directly to the
@@ -97,7 +100,7 @@ static ssize_t read_mem(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
{
phys_addr_t p = *ppos;
ssize_t read, sz;
- char *ptr;
+ void *ptr;
if (p != *ppos)
return 0;
@@ -400,7 +403,7 @@ static ssize_t read_kmem(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
* uncached, then it must also be accessed uncached
* by the kernel or data corruption may occur
*/
- kbuf = xlate_dev_kmem_ptr((char *)p);
+ kbuf = xlate_dev_kmem_ptr((void *)p);
if (copy_to_user(buf, kbuf, sz))
return -EFAULT;
@@ -461,7 +464,7 @@ static ssize_t do_write_kmem(unsigned long p, const char __user *buf,
#endif
while (count > 0) {
- char *ptr;
+ void *ptr;
sz = size_inside_page(p, count);
@@ -470,7 +473,7 @@ static ssize_t do_write_kmem(unsigned long p, const char __user *buf,
* it must also be accessed uncached by the kernel or data
* corruption may occur.
*/
- ptr = xlate_dev_kmem_ptr((char *)p);
+ ptr = xlate_dev_kmem_ptr((void *)p);
copied = copy_from_user(ptr, buf, sz);
if (copied) {