Merge tag 'v3.12'

Linux 3.12

Conflicts:
	fs/exec.c

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
index 27ef6b190ea6..57e890abe1f0 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
@@ -22,9 +22,12 @@
  * Macro which verifies @ptr is a percpu pointer without evaluating
  * @ptr.  This is to be used in percpu accessors to verify that the
  * input parameter is a percpu pointer.
+ *
+ * + 0 is required in order to convert the pointer type from a
+ * potential array type to a pointer to a single item of the array.
  */
 #define __verify_pcpu_ptr(ptr)	do {					\
-	const void __percpu *__vpp_verify = (typeof(ptr))NULL;		\
+	const void __percpu *__vpp_verify = (typeof((ptr) + 0))NULL;	\
 	(void)__vpp_verify;						\
 } while (0)