fs: make the buf argument to __kernel_write a void pointer
This matches kernel_read and kernel_write and avoids any need for casts in
the callers.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 9f3aeb1..7415f94 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ ssize_t __vfs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *p, size_t count,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__vfs_write);
-ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *file, const char *buf, size_t count, loff_t *pos)
+ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *file, const void *buf, size_t count, loff_t *pos)
{
mm_segment_t old_fs;
const char __user *p;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 0e7d3da8..9ab7e2b 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2780,7 +2780,7 @@ extern int kernel_read_file_from_fd(int, void **, loff_t *, loff_t,
enum kernel_read_file_id);
extern ssize_t kernel_read(struct file *, void *, size_t, loff_t *);
extern ssize_t kernel_write(struct file *, const void *, size_t, loff_t *);
-extern ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *, const char *, size_t, loff_t *);
+extern ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *, const void *, size_t, loff_t *);
extern struct file * open_exec(const char *);
/* fs/dcache.c -- generic fs support functions */
diff --git a/kernel/acct.c b/kernel/acct.c
index 5b12843..5e72af2 100644
--- a/kernel/acct.c
+++ b/kernel/acct.c
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ static void do_acct_process(struct bsd_acct_struct *acct)
if (file_start_write_trylock(file)) {
/* it's been opened O_APPEND, so position is irrelevant */
loff_t pos = 0;
- __kernel_write(file, (char *)&ac, sizeof(acct_t), &pos);
+ __kernel_write(file, &ac, sizeof(acct_t), &pos);
file_end_write(file);
}
out: