Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6

* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6:
  [SPARC64]: 8-byte align return value from compat_alloc_user_space()

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-sparc64/compat.h b/include/asm-sparc64/compat.h
index c73935dc7ba1..36511ca51416 100644
--- a/include/asm-sparc64/compat.h
+++ b/include/asm-sparc64/compat.h
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static inline compat_uptr_t ptr_to_compat(void __user *uptr)
         return (u32)(unsigned long)uptr;
 }
 
-static __inline__ void __user *compat_alloc_user_space(long len)
+static inline void __user *compat_alloc_user_space(long len)
 {
         struct pt_regs *regs = current_thread_info()->kregs;
         unsigned long usp = regs->u_regs[UREG_I6];
@@ -174,7 +174,10 @@ static __inline__ void __user *compat_alloc_user_space(long len)
         else
                 usp &= 0xffffffffUL;
 
-        return (void __user *) (usp - len);
+        usp -= len;
+        usp &= ~0x7UL;
+
+        return (void __user *) usp;
 }
 
 struct compat_ipc64_perm {