linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ntb: test: fix pointer size warning

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Date:	Sun, 27 Mar 2016 11:23:22 -0400
From:	Jon Mason <jdmason@...zu.us>
To:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
Cc:	Allen Hubbe <Allen.Hubbe@....com>,
	Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>, linux-ntb@...glegroups.com,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ntb: test: fix pointer size warning

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 8:31 PM, Brian Norris
<computersforpeace@...il.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 07:52:38PM -0400, Jon Mason wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 10:11:20AM -0700, Brian Norris wrote:
>> > drivers/ntb/test/ntb_perf.c: In function ‘perf_copy’:
>> > drivers/ntb/test/ntb_perf.c:213:10: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size [-Wpointer-to-int-cast]
>> > drivers/ntb/test/ntb_perf.c:214:14: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size [-Wpointer-to-int-cast]
>> >
>> > On 32-bit systems, we are casting a 32-bit pointer to a 64-bit value.
>> > This shouldn't cause functional problems, but we might as well fix the
>> > warning and allow 32-bit arithmetic for 32-bit systems.
>>
>> This was already addressed by a patch from Arnd Bergmann, which is
>> queued in the ntb git tree.
>
> Great!
>
> Is your ntb tree in linux-next.git?

No, it is not.

> Regards,
> Brian