linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lpfc: use %zd format string for size

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Date:   Fri, 28 Oct 2016 23:48:46 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com>
Cc:     arcml <linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Claudiu Zissulescu <Claudiu.Zissulescu@...opsys.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lpfc: use %zd format string for size_t

On Friday, October 28, 2016 2:44:13 PM CEST Vineet Gupta wrote:
> 
> Indeed if I hack include/linux/types.h
> 
> -typedef __kernel_size_t                size_t;
> +typedef unsigned long          size_t;
> 
> then the warning goes away, so gcc is indeed assuming size_t to be unsigned long
> and not unsigned int. That helps a lot.

Ok, just be aware that this will introduce warnings for any
compiler that is built to expect an 'unsigned int size_t'
typedef.

	Arnd