linux-kernel - Re: generic bool and sparse errors?

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Message-ID: <466708D8.90208@student.ltu.se>
Date:	Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:19:52 +0200
From:	Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@...dent.ltu.se>
To:	"Kok, Auke" <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Josh Triplett <josh@...edesktop.org>
Subject: Re: generic bool and sparse errors?

Kok, Auke wrote:
>
> I'm experimenting with using the generic bool type and using sparse I 
> get tons of these messages:
>
> warning: incorrect type in argument 4 (different signedness)
>     expected bool [unsigned] [usertype] *[unsigned] success
>     got bool *<noident>
>
> I'm not really worried about this, I assume that sparse hasn't caught 
> up with what bool really means, but perhaps this can be looked into by 
> someone who knows sparse well. The warnings don't really add up and 
> with more people switching to use the generic bool this may beceome 
> unwanted.
Actually, I am "assigned" to that. :)
Just out of curiousity, where do you see those messages? In the log for 
allyesconfig on i386 I only found ntfs/super.c with similar output.
>
> alternatively we might need to reconsider the `typedef _Bool bool;` 
> declaration and force it to be unsigned. I'm not sure what to think of 
> that.
I do not see how that would make any sense.

Richard Knutsson

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