linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH]: warrning fix: unsigned->signed

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Date:	Wed, 7 Feb 2007 12:56:26 +0100
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Tomasz Kvarsin <kvarsin@...il.com>, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: warrning fix: unsigned->signed

On Tue, Feb 06 2007, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 00:39:45 +0300
> "Tomasz Kvarsin" <kvarsin@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> > While compiling my code, I always get bunch of warrning from headers,
> > here is fix for them:
> > __getblk is alawys called with unsigned argument,
> > but it takes signed, the same story with __bread,__breadahead and so on.
> 
> The patch seems OK, but I'm curious to know why you're seeing this warning
> and nobody else is.  Are you using a compiler other than gcc?  If gcc,
> which version?  Did you add any new compiler options?

While I'm not a big fan of fixing signed vs unsigned -W generated
warnings (they tend to cause more harm than good), this patch looks ok
to me as well.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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