static noinline int is_prefetch(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long addr,
                                unsigned long error_code)
 { 
-       unsigned char *instr;
+       unsigned char __user *instr;
        int scan_more = 1;
        int prefetch = 0; 
        unsigned char *max_instr;
        if (error_code & PF_INSTR)
                return 0;
        
-       instr = (unsigned char *)convert_rip_to_linear(current, regs);
+       instr = (unsigned char __user *)convert_rip_to_linear(current, regs);
        max_instr = instr + 15;
 
        if (user_mode(regs) && instr >= (unsigned char *)TASK_SIZE)
                unsigned char instr_hi;
                unsigned char instr_lo;
 
-               if (__get_user(opcode, instr))
+               if (__get_user(opcode, (char __user *)instr))
                        break; 
 
                instr_hi = opcode & 0xf0; 
                case 0x00:
                        /* Prefetch instruction is 0x0F0D or 0x0F18 */
                        scan_more = 0;
-                       if (__get_user(opcode, instr)) 
+                       if (__get_user(opcode, (char __user *)instr))
                                break;
                        prefetch = (instr_lo == 0xF) &&
                                (opcode == 0x0D || opcode == 0x18);
 static int bad_address(void *p) 
 { 
        unsigned long dummy;
-       return __get_user(dummy, (unsigned long *)p);
+       return __get_user(dummy, (unsigned long __user *)p);
 } 
 
 void dump_pagetable(unsigned long address)