On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 02:09:00PM -0500, Corey Minyard wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 03:11:56PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 03:06:45PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 06:39:03AM -0500, Corey Minyard wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 11:51:56AM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > > Debian clang version 19.1.7 is not happy when compiled with
> > > > > `make W=1` (note, CONFIG_WERROR=y is the default):
> > > > > 
> > > > > ipmi_si_platform.c:268:15: error: cast to smaller integer type 'enum 
> > > > > si_type' from 'const void *' [-Werror,-Wvoid-pointer-to-enum-cast]
> > > > >   268 |         io.si_type      = (enum 
> > > > > si_type)device_get_match_data(&pdev->dev);
> > > > > 
> > > > > Fix this by intermediate cast to the uintptr_t, that makes compiler 
> > > > > happy.
> > > > 
> > > > Unless things have changed recently, Linus prefers "unsigned long" per
> > > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-hardening/patch/20220616143617.449094-1-ja...@zx2c4.com/#24899749
> > > 
> > > I'm not sure I got your point. That discussion seems irrelevant to me.
> > > They are talking about pointer-as-an-integer cases. Here we already know
> > > that we are passing integer-as-a-pointer and this is the opposite
> > > conversion.
> > > 
> > > > And it would match what is in the match table.
> > > 
> > > Match tables are tend to move to pointers, enum is usually goes to int.
> > > 
> > > > Is that change ok?
> > > 
> > > If you don't like my change, please do yours and consider this as
> > > a bug report that needs to be addressed. I prefer more my solution
> > > as we do that in many places for the exact scenario.
> > 
> > Note, the proper solution to the cases like this is to move to info-like
> > structure and actually operate with the pointers instead of enums, longs, 
> > etc.
> > 
> > That's what's slowly moving on in IIO subsystem, for instance.
> 
> Yes, you are right, I'll probably make that change.  I'm not sure
> about the uintptr thing, but I think the right change is to do an info
> structure.  I never liked that code as it was, anyway.

Please do, I will happily test anything you provide as currently this code 
breaks
`make W=1` builds.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko




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