linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] lib/vsprintf: Force type of flags value for gfp

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Date:   Sat, 1 Aug 2020 10:36:15 +0900
From:   Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] lib/vsprintf: Force type of flags value for gfp_t

On (20/07/31 16:49), Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 21:08:24 +0300
> Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > Sparse is not happy about restricted type being assigned:
> >   lib/vsprintf.c:1940:23: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
> >   lib/vsprintf.c:1940:23:    expected unsigned long [assigned] flags
> >   lib/vsprintf.c:1940:23:    got restricted gfp_t [usertype]
> > 
> > Force type of flags value to make sparse happy.
> > 
> > Cc: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>

Thanks.

> Petr or Sergey,
>
> Want to take these through the printk tree?

Can take through the printk-tree.

	-ss