[PATCH 1/1] booke/wdt: fix incorrect WDIOC_GETSUPPORT return path

Kumar Gala galak at kernel.crashing.org
Tue Aug 7 02:13:55 EST 2012


On Aug 5, 2012, at 10:10 PM, tiejun.chen wrote:

> On 07/30/2012 04:15 PM, Tiejun Chen wrote:
>> We miss that correct WDIOC_GETSUPPORT return path when perform
>> copy_to_user() properly.
> 
> Any comments?
> 
> Thanks
> Tiejun

Adding Timur, as he's touched watchdog last.

- k

>> Signed-off-by: Tiejun Chen <tiejun.chen at windriver.com>
>> ---
>> drivers/watchdog/booke_wdt.c |    7 ++++---
>> 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/booke_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/booke_wdt.c
>> index 3fe82d0..2be7f29 100644
>> --- a/drivers/watchdog/booke_wdt.c
>> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/booke_wdt.c
>> @@ -162,12 +162,13 @@ static long booke_wdt_ioctl(struct file *file,
>> 				unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
>> {
>> 	u32 tmp = 0;
>> -	u32 __user *p = (u32 __user *)arg;
>> +	void __user *argp = (u32 __user *)arg;
>> +	u32 __user *p = argp;
>> 
>> 	switch (cmd) {
>> 	case WDIOC_GETSUPPORT:
>> -		if (copy_to_user((void *)arg, &ident, sizeof(ident)))
>> -			return -EFAULT;
>> +		return copy_to_user(argp, &ident,
>> +				sizeof(ident)) ? -EFAULT : 0;
>> 	case WDIOC_GETSTATUS:
>> 		return put_user(0, p);
>> 	case WDIOC_GETBOOTSTATUS:
>> 



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