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-rw-r--r--init/do_mounts_rd.c13
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/init/do_mounts_rd.c b/init/do_mounts_rd.c
index 6212586df29..6be2879cca6 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts_rd.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts_rd.c
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+/*
+ * Many of the syscalls used in this file expect some of the arguments
+ * to be __user pointers not __kernel pointers. To limit the sparse
+ * noise, turn off sparse checking for this file.
+ */
+#ifdef __CHECKER__
+#undef __CHECKER__
+#warning "Sparse checking disabled for this file"
+#endif
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
@@ -181,7 +190,7 @@ int __init rd_load_image(char *from)
char rotator[4] = { '|' , '/' , '-' , '\\' };
#endif
- out_fd = sys_open((const char __user __force *) "/dev/ram", O_RDWR, 0);
+ out_fd = sys_open("/dev/ram", O_RDWR, 0);
if (out_fd < 0)
goto out;
@@ -280,7 +289,7 @@ noclose_input:
sys_close(out_fd);
out:
kfree(buf);
- sys_unlink((const char __user __force *) "/dev/ram");
+ sys_unlink("/dev/ram");
return res;
}