linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ufs: [bl]e*_add

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Date:	Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:16:21 +0300
From:	Evgeniy Dushistov <dushistov@...l.ru>
To:	Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@...il.com>
Cc:	Roel Kluin <12o3l@...cali.nl>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ufs: [bl]e*_add_cpu conversion

On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 06:45:42PM +0100, Marcin Slusarz wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 12:22:19AM +0100, Roel Kluin wrote:
> > Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:41:44 +0100 Roel Kluin <12o3l@...cali.nl> wrote:
> > > 
> > >> you may also want these:
> > >> ---
> > >> [bl]e_add_cpu conversion in return
> > 
> > > upsets powerpc (at least):
> > > 
> > > fs/ufs/swab.h: In function `fs64_add':
> > > fs/ufs/swab.h:47: warning: passing arg 1 of `le64_add_cpu' from incompatible pointer type
> > > fs/ufs/swab.h:49: warning: passing arg 1 of `be64_add_cpu' from incompatible pointer type
> > > fs/ufs/swab.h: In function `fs64_sub':
> > > fs/ufs/swab.h:58: warning: passing arg 1 of `le64_add_cpu' from incompatible pointer type
> > > fs/ufs/swab.h:60: warning: passing arg 1 of `be64_add_cpu' from incompatible pointer type
> > 
> > sorry for this. Is it correct to cast like the patch below does?
> I don't think so. Their prototypes are wrong. We can:
> a) remove fs64_add and fs64_sub as nobody use them
> b) fix them - change second parameter do __fs64 (and convert to [bl]e64_add_cpu)
> 
> Evgeniy?
> 

I vote for removing unused code.

-- 
/Evgeniy

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