1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index 42b0707c3481..d3f0aeed2d39 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+/*
+ * Many of the syscalls used in this file expect some of the arguments
+ * to be __user pointers not __kernel pointers.  To limit the sparse
+ * noise, turn off sparse checking for this file.
+ */
+#ifdef __CHECKER__
+#undef __CHECKER__
+#warning "Sparse checking disabled for this file"
+#endif
+
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
@@ -330,7 +340,7 @@ static int __init do_mount_root(char *name, char *fs, int flags, void *data)
         if (err)
                 return err;
 
-        sys_chdir((const char __user __force *)"/root");
+        sys_chdir("/root");
         s = current->fs->pwd.dentry->d_sb;
         ROOT_DEV = s->s_dev;
         printk(KERN_INFO
@@ -556,5 +566,5 @@ void __init prepare_namespace(void)
 out:
         devtmpfs_mount("dev");
         sys_mount(".", "/", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
-        sys_chroot((const char __user __force *)".");
+        sys_chroot(".");
 }