[CVE-2009-0029] Convert all system calls to return a long

Convert all system calls to return a long. This should be a NOP since all
converted types should have the same size anyway.
With the exception of sys_exit_group which returned void. But that doesn't
matter since the system call doesn't return.

Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>

3 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index c7740fa..fac9b04 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -1182,9 +1182,11 @@ do_group_exit(int exit_code)
  * wait4()-ing process will get the correct exit code - even if this
  * thread is not the thread group leader.
  */
-asmlinkage void sys_exit_group(int error_code)
+asmlinkage long sys_exit_group(int error_code)
 {
 	do_group_exit((error_code & 0xff) << 8);
+	/* NOTREACHED */
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static struct pid *task_pid_type(struct task_struct *task, enum pid_type type)
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 3152ac3..856a547 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -2559,7 +2559,7 @@ sys_ssetmask(int newmask)
 /*
  * For backwards compatibility.  Functionality superseded by sigaction.
  */
-asmlinkage unsigned long
+asmlinkage long
 sys_signal(int sig, __sighandler_t handler)
 {
 	struct k_sigaction new_sa, old_sa;
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index dee3f64..7b8697d 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ void do_timer(unsigned long ticks)
  * For backwards compatibility?  This can be done in libc so Alpha
  * and all newer ports shouldn't need it.
  */
-asmlinkage unsigned long sys_alarm(unsigned int seconds)
+asmlinkage long sys_alarm(unsigned int seconds)
 {
 	return alarm_setitimer(seconds);
 }