linux-next build (arm multi_v7_defconfig) produced this warning:
In file included from include/asm-generic/bug.h:15:0,
from arch/arm/include/asm/bug.h:59,
from include/linux/bug.h:4,
from include/linux/elfcore.h:5,
from include/linux/crash_core.h:5,
from kernel/crash_core.c:9:
kernel/crash_core.c: In function 'vmcoreinfo_append_str':
include/linux/kernel.h:757:16: warning: comparison of distinct pointer
types lacks a cast
(void) (&min1 == &min2); \
^
include/linux/kernel.h:760:2: note: in expansion of macro '__min'
__min(typeof(x), typeof(y), \
^
kernel/crash_core.c:360:6: note: in expansion of macro 'min'
r = min(r, VMCOREINFO_BYTES - vmcoreinfo_size);
^
This patch fixes it with an explicit "size_t" type-casting on
VMCOREINFO_BYTES.
Andrew will help merge it into commit fc7d2b44367f ("powerpc/fadump:
use the correct VMCOREINFO_NOTE_SIZE for phdr") before sending it to
stable.
Signed-off-by: Xunlei Pang <xlp...@redhat.com>
---
kernel/crash_core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/crash_core.c b/kernel/crash_core.c
index 4a4a4ba..6db80fc 100644
--- a/kernel/crash_core.c
+++ b/kernel/crash_core.c
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ void vmcoreinfo_append_str(const char *fmt, ...)
r = vscnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, args);
va_end(args);
- r = min(r, VMCOREINFO_BYTES - vmcoreinfo_size);
+ r = min(r, (size_t)VMCOREINFO_BYTES - vmcoreinfo_size);
memcpy(&vmcoreinfo_data[vmcoreinfo_size], buf, r);
--
1.8.3.1
