fortify: Do not cast to "unsigned char"
authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 23:05:18 +0000 (16:05 -0700)
committerKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Tue, 1 Nov 2022 17:04:52 +0000 (10:04 -0700)
commite9a40e1585d792751d3a122392695e5a53032809
tree2112765f2f0082dbe5b2a1743593a99948855c92
parentfb3d88ab354b3b07e805aba9d67cbb43d23dc70e
fortify: Do not cast to "unsigned char"

Do not cast to "unsigned char", as this needlessly creates type problems
when attempting builds without -Wno-pointer-sign[1]. The intent of the
cast is to drop possible "const" types.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wgz3Uba8w7kdXhsqR1qvfemYL+OFQdefJnkeqXG8qZ_pA@mail.gmail.com/

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fixes: 3009f891bb9f ("fortify: Allow strlen() and strnlen() to pass compile-time known lengths")
Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
include/linux/fortify-string.h