MODULE_PARM_DESC(rnet_htable_size, "size of remote network hash table");
 
 static int lnet_ping(lnet_process_id_t id, int timeout_ms,
-                    lnet_process_id_t *ids, int n_ids);
+                    lnet_process_id_t __user *ids, int n_ids);
 
 static char *
 lnet_get_routes(void)
                id.nid = data->ioc_nid;
                id.pid = data->ioc_u32[0];
                rc = lnet_ping(id, data->ioc_u32[1], /* timeout */
-                              (lnet_process_id_t *)data->ioc_pbuf1,
+                              data->ioc_pbuf1,
                               data->ioc_plen1/sizeof(lnet_process_id_t));
                if (rc < 0)
                        return rc;
 }
 
 static int lnet_ping(lnet_process_id_t id, int timeout_ms,
-                    lnet_process_id_t *ids, int n_ids)
+                    lnet_process_id_t __user *ids, int n_ids)
 {
        lnet_handle_eq_t eqh;
        lnet_handle_md_t mdh;