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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
index 6392f0041b8a..ff1227746c72 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
@@ -350,20 +350,15 @@ static unsigned long find_random_addr(unsigned long minimum,
return slots_fetch_random();
}
-unsigned char *choose_random_location(unsigned char *input_ptr,
+/*
+ * Since this function examines addresses much more numerically,
+ * it takes the input and output pointers as 'unsigned long'.
+ */
+unsigned char *choose_random_location(unsigned long input,
unsigned long input_size,
- unsigned char *output_ptr,
+ unsigned long output,
unsigned long output_size)
{
- /*
- * The caller of choose_random_location() uses unsigned char * for
- * buffer pointers since it performs decompression, elf parsing, etc.
- * Since this code examines addresses much more numerically,
- * unsigned long is used internally here. Instead of sprinkling
- * more casts into extract_kernel, do them here and at return.
- */
- unsigned long input = (unsigned long)input_ptr;
- unsigned long output = (unsigned long)output_ptr;
unsigned long choice = output;
unsigned long random_addr;