From d7627467b7a8dd6944885290a03a07ceb28c10eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Howells Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:52:56 +0100 Subject: Make do_execve() take a const filename pointer Make do_execve() take a const filename pointer so that kernel_execve() compiles correctly on ARM: arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c:88: warning: passing argument 1 of 'do_execve' discards qualifiers from pointer target type This also requires the argv and envp arguments to be consted twice, once for the pointer array and once for the strings the array points to. This is because do_execve() passes a pointer to the filename (now const) to copy_strings_kernel(). A simpler alternative would be to cast the filename pointer in do_execve() when it's passed to copy_strings_kernel(). do_execve() may not change any of the strings it is passed as part of the argv or envp lists as they are some of them in .rodata, so marking these strings as const should be fine. Further kernel_execve() and sys_execve() need to be changed to match. This has been test built on x86_64, frv, arm and mips. Signed-off-by: David Howells Tested-by: Ralf Baechle Acked-by: Russell King Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- arch/um/kernel/exec.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'arch/um/kernel/exec.c') diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/exec.c b/arch/um/kernel/exec.c index 59b20d93b6d..cd145eda357 100644 --- a/arch/um/kernel/exec.c +++ b/arch/um/kernel/exec.c @@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ void start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long eip, unsigned long esp) PT_REGS_SP(regs) = esp; } -static long execve1(const char *file, char __user * __user *argv, - char __user *__user *env) +static long execve1(const char *file, + const char __user *const __user *argv, + const char __user *const __user *env) { long error; -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2 From cb1dcc0ff4b57873210100fc9d70defa81af43d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Weinberger Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:05:07 -0700 Subject: uml: fix compile warning This fixes: incompatible pointer type: => 89 arch/um/kernel/exec.c: warning: passing argument 2 of 'execve1' from incompatible pointer type: => 69, 85 arch/um/kernel/exec.c: warning: passing argument 3 of 'execve1' from incompatible pointer type: => 69, 85 which was introduced by d7627467b7a8d ("Make do_execve() take a const filename pointer") Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger Cc: David Howells Cc: Jeff Dike Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- arch/um/kernel/exec.c | 6 +++--- arch/um/kernel/internal.h | 2 +- arch/um/kernel/syscall.c | 4 ++-- 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'arch/um/kernel/exec.c') diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/exec.c b/arch/um/kernel/exec.c index cd145eda357..49b5e1eb326 100644 --- a/arch/um/kernel/exec.c +++ b/arch/um/kernel/exec.c @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static long execve1(const char *file, return error; } -long um_execve(const char *file, char __user *__user *argv, char __user *__user *env) +long um_execve(const char *file, const char __user *const __user *argv, const char __user *const __user *env) { long err; @@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ long um_execve(const char *file, char __user *__user *argv, char __user *__user return err; } -long sys_execve(const char __user *file, char __user *__user *argv, - char __user *__user *env) +long sys_execve(const char __user *file, const char __user *const __user *argv, + const char __user *const __user *env) { long error; char *filename; diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/internal.h b/arch/um/kernel/internal.h index 1303a105fe9..5bf97db24a0 100644 --- a/arch/um/kernel/internal.h +++ b/arch/um/kernel/internal.h @@ -1 +1 @@ -extern long um_execve(const char *file, char __user *__user *argv, char __user *__user *env); +extern long um_execve(const char *file, const char __user *const __user *argv, const char __user *const __user *env); diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/syscall.c b/arch/um/kernel/syscall.c index 5ddb246626d..f958cb876ee 100644 --- a/arch/um/kernel/syscall.c +++ b/arch/um/kernel/syscall.c @@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ int kernel_execve(const char *filename, fs = get_fs(); set_fs(KERNEL_DS); - ret = um_execve(filename, (char __user *__user *)argv, - (char __user *__user *) envp); + ret = um_execve(filename, (const char __user *const __user *)argv, + (const char __user *const __user *) envp); set_fs(fs); return ret; -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2