linux-kernel - Re: voyager_{thread,cat}.c compile warnings

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:49:43 -0400
From:	"Cédric Augonnet" <cedric.augonnet@...il.com>
To:	"Gabriel C" <nix.or.die@...glemail.com>
Cc:	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	J.E.J.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com
Subject: Re: voyager_{thread,cat}.c compile warnings

2007/7/22, Cédric Augonnet <cedric.augonnet@...il.com>:
> Hi,
>
> 2007/7/21, Gabriel C <nix.or.die@...glemail.com>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I noticed this warnings on current git:
> >
> >
> > ...
> >
> > arch/i386/mach-voyager/voyager_thread.c: In function 'thread':
> > arch/i386/mach-voyager/voyager_thread.c:113: warning: no return statement in function returning non-void
> >
> > ...
> >
> > I think return 0; is missing on line 112 here.
> >
>
> I guess there is no use in always returning 0, simply not returning anything and
> putting a void type might be cleaner, especially as this function
> seems to never
> return.
>
> >
> > arch/i386/mach-voyager/voyager_cat.c: In function 'voyager_cat_init':
> > arch/i386/mach-voyager/voyager_cat.c:685: warning: comparison is always false due to limited range of data type
> > arch/i386/mach-voyager/voyager_cat.c:755: warning: comparison is always false due to limited range of data type
> >
>
> Hum perhaps it does not like the comparision of a __u16 and an unsigned int ?
>
> I enclose some dummy patch that should perhaps solve these issues,
> could not test it as i don't have the hardware... just my 2 cents.
> Don't know if casting is an
> acceptable workaround though.
>
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Gabriel C
> >
>
> Cheers,
> Cédric
>
>

(forgot to cc the maintainer, sorry ...)

View attachment "voyager.patch" of type "text/x-diff" (1439 bytes)