On 12/13/2012 10:37 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>>
>> If appropriate, the code could be changed to
>>
>> (void *)(unsigned long)m->ip
>
> Can we explicitly cast it to what it is so that we can be explicit as to
> what we're casting it? IOW:
>
> (void *)(__u64)m->ip;
>
> Does that even work on 32bit?
>
> Also, does the compiler bitch about this useless cast when building with
> W=123?
>
Uh... no.
The point is that (void *)(unsigned long) casts it to an integer of
pointer size -- in userspace you would to (void *)(size_t) or (void
*)(uintptr_t) -- so that the compiler knows "I meant to do that."
-hpa
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