From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:50:46 +0000 (+1000)
Subject: lib-bitmapc-quiet-sparse-noise-about-address-space-fix
X-Git-Tag: next-20110930~1^2~74
X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=edd208003b0fb6d9578da1d615787db07d444e0e;p=karo-tx-linux.git

lib-bitmapc-quiet-sparse-noise-about-address-space-fix

Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
Cc: H Hartley Sweeten <hartleys@visionengravers.com>
Cc: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <>
---

diff --git a/lib/bitmap.c b/lib/bitmap.c
index b7b71bd38028..0d4a127dd9b3 100644
--- a/lib/bitmap.c
+++ b/lib/bitmap.c
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ int __bitmap_parse(const char *buf, unsigned int buflen,
 {
 	int c, old_c, totaldigits, ndigits, nchunks, nbits;
 	u32 chunk;
-	const char __user __force *ubuf = buf;
+	const char __user __force *ubuf = (const char __user __force *)buf;
 
 	bitmap_zero(maskp, nmaskbits);
 
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ static int __bitmap_parselist(const char *buf, unsigned int buflen,
 {
 	unsigned a, b;
 	int c, old_c, totaldigits;
-	const char __user __force *ubuf = buf;
+	const char __user __force *ubuf = (const char __user __force *)buf;
 	int exp_digit, in_range;
 
 	totaldigits = c = 0;