Fix pointer mismatches in proc_sysctl.c

Fix pointer mismatches in proc_sysctl.c.  The proc_handler() method returns a
size_t through an arg pointer, but is given a pointer to a ssize_t to return
into.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 680c429bfa2..4e57fcf8598 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ static ssize_t proc_sys_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
         struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_dentry;
         struct ctl_table_header *head;
         struct ctl_table *table;
-        ssize_t error, res;
+        ssize_t error;
+        size_t res;
 
         table = do_proc_sys_lookup(dentry->d_parent, &dentry->d_name, &head);
         /* Has the sysctl entry disappeared on us? */
@@ -209,7 +210,8 @@ static ssize_t proc_sys_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
         struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_dentry;
         struct ctl_table_header *head;
         struct ctl_table *table;
-        ssize_t error, res;
+        ssize_t error;
+        size_t res;
 
         table = do_proc_sys_lookup(dentry->d_parent, &dentry->d_name, &head);
         /* Has the sysctl entry disappeared on us? */