[PATCH] select() warning fixes

fs/select.c: In function `core_sys_select':
fs/select.c:339: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
fs/select.c:376: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast

By using a void* we can remove lots of casts rather than adding more.

Cc: Jes Sorensen <jes@trained-monkey.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

diff --git a/fs/select.c b/fs/select.c
index 071660fa7b01e06d9717f6ac14ce2410414dbf91..fce0fd1bb1d1210feeda5fbb328c064c5ca007f9 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/select.c
+++ b/fs/select.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static int core_sys_select(int n, fd_set __user *inp, fd_set __user *outp,
                           fd_set __user *exp, s64 *timeout)
 {
        fd_set_bits fds;
-       char *bits;
+       void *bits;
        int ret, size, max_fdset;
        struct fdtable *fdt;
        /* Allocate small arguments on the stack to save memory and be faster */
@@ -341,12 +341,12 @@ static int core_sys_select(int n, fd_set __user *inp, fd_set __user *outp,
                bits = kmalloc(6 * size, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!bits)
                goto out_nofds;
-       fds.in      = (unsigned long *)  bits;
-       fds.out     = (unsigned long *) (bits +   size);
-       fds.ex      = (unsigned long *) (bits + 2*size);
-       fds.res_in  = (unsigned long *) (bits + 3*size);
-       fds.res_out = (unsigned long *) (bits + 4*size);
-       fds.res_ex  = (unsigned long *) (bits + 5*size);
+       fds.in      = bits;
+       fds.out     = bits +   size;
+       fds.ex      = bits + 2*size;
+       fds.res_in  = bits + 3*size;
+       fds.res_out = bits + 4*size;
+       fds.res_ex  = bits + 5*size;
 
        if ((ret = get_fd_set(n, inp, fds.in)) ||
            (ret = get_fd_set(n, outp, fds.out)) ||