Re: [PATCH] security/keys: Remove inconsistent __user annotation

[Randy Dunlap]

On 9/7/22 05:12, Vincenzo Frascino wrote:
> The declaration of keyring_read does not match the definition
> (security/keys/keyring.c). In this case the definition is correct
> because it matches what defined in "struct key_type::read"
> (linux/key-type.h).
> 
> Fix the declaration removing the inconsistent __user annotation.
> 
> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> Note: This issue was discovered during the porting of the linux kernel
> on Morello [1].
> 
> [1] https://git.morello-project.org/morello/kernel/linux

FTR, I have sent this same patch 3 times.
Good luck.

>  security/keys/keyring.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/security/keys/keyring.c b/security/keys/keyring.c
> index 5e6a90760753..4448758f643a 100644
> --- a/security/keys/keyring.c
> +++ b/security/keys/keyring.c
> @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static void keyring_revoke(struct key *keyring);
>  static void keyring_destroy(struct key *keyring);
>  static void keyring_describe(const struct key *keyring, struct seq_file *m);
>  static long keyring_read(const struct key *keyring,
> -			 char __user *buffer, size_t buflen);
> +			 char *buffer, size_t buflen);
>  
>  struct key_type key_type_keyring = {
>  	.name		= "keyring",

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~Randy