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

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Date:	Wed, 7 Feb 2007 08:31:20 +0300
From:	"Tomasz Kvarsin" <kvarsin@...il.com>
To:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, axboe@...nel.dk,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: warrning fix: unsigned->signed

I uses gcc "trunk" with -Wconversion,
 because of they finaly implement warrning for such things:
uint16_t a;
uint8_t b;
b = a;
see
http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/NewWconversion

On 2/7/07, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> 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?
>
> Thanks.
>
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