linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH cciss: fix printk format warning

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Date:	Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:19:56 -0700
From:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>, iss_storagedev@...com,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH cciss: fix printk format warning

 > >  	if (*total_size != (__u32) 0)
 > 
 > Why is cciss_read_capacity casting *total_size to u32?

It's not -- it's actually casting 0 to __32 -- there's no cast on the
*total_size side of the comparison.  However that just makes the cast
look even fishier.

 - R.
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