linux-kernel - Re: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c:2954:11: warning: cast to pointer

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Date:   Fri, 9 Sep 2016 13:55:45 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Nick Warne <nick@...icks.net>
Cc:     Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c:2954:11: warning: cast to
 pointer

On Thu, Sep 08, 2016 at 04:59:53PM +0100, Nick Warne wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Sep 2016 08:29:37 +0200
> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Sep 07, 2016 at 05:38:52PM +0100, Nick Warne wrote:
> > > Hi Daniel,
> > > 
> > > kernel build 4.4.20 - I am still seeing this warning:
> > > 
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c: In function
> > > ‘intel_plane_obj_offset’:
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c:2969:11: warning: cast to
> > > pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
> > > offset = (unsigned char *)vma->node.start;
> > > 
> > > but according to here:
> > > 
> > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/7897461/
> > > 
> > > this has been fixed up.  Any reason why it hasn't in the latest
> > > 4.4.x longterm tree?  
> > 
> > What is the commit id that fixed this in Linus's tree?
> 
> Took me a while to find it if this is it - a bit of a re-write in the
> whole file I think:
> 
> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/44eb0cb9620c6a53ec8e7073262e2af8079b727f

Ick, messy.

Why not just use 4.7?  Why are you stuck at 4.4?

And is this a real bug in 4.4 or just a build warning?

thanks,

greg k-h