On powerpc64 machine get/put_user64() is same as get/put_user() while
on powerpc32 machine get_user64 is different. With this patch we can
use get_user64() and put_user64() on 32 and 64 bit machines.
Signed-off-by: Bharat Bhushan <bharat.bhus...@freescale.com>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h | 7 +++++++
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 17bb40c..01743aa 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -114,10 +114,17 @@ struct exception_table_entry {
#define __put_user(x, ptr) \
__put_user_nocheck((__typeof__(*(ptr)))(x), (ptr), sizeof(*(ptr)))
+/*
+ * On powerpc64 machine get/put_user64() is same as get/put_user() while
+ * on powerpc32 machine get_user64 is different.
+ */
#ifndef __powerpc64__
#define __get_user64(x, ptr) \
__get_user64_nocheck((x), (ptr), sizeof(*(ptr)))
#define __put_user64(x, ptr) __put_user(x, ptr)
+#else
+#define __get_user64(x, ptr) __get_user(x, ptr)
+#define __put_user64(x, ptr) __put_user(x, ptr)
#endif
#define __get_user_inatomic(x, ptr) \
--
1.7.0.4
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