asm-generic/tlb.h: build fix
[safe/jmp/linux-2.6] / include / linux / uaccess.h
index 67918c2..975c963 100644 (file)
@@ -65,14 +65,22 @@ static inline unsigned long __copy_from_user_nocache(void *to,
  * do_page_fault() doesn't attempt to take mmap_sem.  This makes
  * probe_kernel_address() suitable for use within regions where the caller
  * already holds mmap_sem, or other locks which nest inside mmap_sem.
+ * This must be a macro because __get_user() needs to know the types of the
+ * args.
+ *
+ * We don't include enough header files to be able to do the set_fs().  We
+ * require that the probe_kernel_address() caller will do that.
  */
 #define probe_kernel_address(addr, retval)             \
        ({                                              \
                long ret;                               \
+               mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();         \
                                                        \
+               set_fs(KERNEL_DS);                      \
                pagefault_disable();                    \
-               ret = __get_user(retval, addr);         \
+               ret = __get_user(retval, (__force typeof(retval) __user *)(addr));              \
                pagefault_enable();                     \
+               set_fs(old_fs);                         \
                ret;                                    \
        })