{
        int i, ret;
        unsigned long __user *p = (void __user *)data;
+       void __user *vp = p;
 
        switch (request) {
        /* read word at location addr. */
 #endif
 #ifdef PTRACE_GETFPREGS
        case PTRACE_GETFPREGS: /* Get the child FPU state. */
-               ret = get_fpregs((struct user_i387_struct __user *) data,
-                                child);
+               ret = get_fpregs(vp, child);
                break;
 #endif
 #ifdef PTRACE_SETFPREGS
        case PTRACE_SETFPREGS: /* Set the child FPU state. */
-               ret = set_fpregs((struct user_i387_struct __user *) data,
-                                child);
+               ret = set_fpregs(vp, child);
                break;
 #endif
        case PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA:
-               ret = ptrace_get_thread_area(child, addr,
-                                            (struct user_desc __user *) data);
+               ret = ptrace_get_thread_area(child, addr, vp);
                break;
 
        case PTRACE_SET_THREAD_AREA:
-               ret = ptrace_set_thread_area(child, addr,
-                                            (struct user_desc __user *) data);
+               ret = ptrace_set_thread_area(child, addr, datavp);
                break;
 
        case PTRACE_FAULTINFO: {
                 * On i386, ptrace_faultinfo is smaller!
                 */
                ret = copy_to_user(p, &child->thread.arch.faultinfo,
-                                  sizeof(struct ptrace_faultinfo));
+                                  sizeof(struct ptrace_faultinfo)) ?
+                       -EIO : 0;
                break;
        }
 
 #ifdef PTRACE_ARCH_PRCTL
        case PTRACE_ARCH_PRCTL:
                /* XXX Calls ptrace on the host - needs some SMP thinking */
-               ret = arch_prctl(child, data, (void *) addr);
+               ret = arch_prctl(child, data, (void __user *) addr);
                break;
 #endif
        default:
 
                    unsigned long addr, unsigned long data)
 {
        int ret = -EIO;
+       void __user *datap = (void __user *) data;
 
        switch (request) {
        case PTRACE_GETFPXREGS: /* Get the child FPU state. */
-               ret = get_fpregs((struct user_i387_struct __user *) data,
-                                child);
+               ret = get_fpregs(datap, child);
                break;
        case PTRACE_SETFPXREGS: /* Set the child FPU state. */
-               ret = set_fpregs((struct user_i387_struct __user *) data,
-                                child);
+               ret = set_fpregs(datap, child);
                break;
        }