linux-kernel - Re: [TRIVIAL][PATCH 1/1] Fix warning in staging/otus/ioctl.c

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Message-ID: <4A2CD560.8070002@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:09:52 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Pranith Kumar <pranith.hacks@...il.com>
CC:	greg@...ah.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [TRIVIAL][PATCH 1/1] Fix warning in staging/otus/ioctl.c

Pranith Kumar wrote:
> @@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ void  update_os_packet_info(
>  	pOSPkt->dev = get_netdev_from_bssid(pAd, FromWhichBSSID);
>  	pOSPkt->data = pRxBlk->pData;
>  	pOSPkt->len = pRxBlk->DataSize;
> -	pOSPkt->tail = pOSPkt->data + pOSPkt->len;
> +	pOSPkt->tail = (UCHAR *) (pOSPkt->data + pOSPkt->len);
>  }
>  
>  

This is what I meant with "a warning should stay there as long as the
underlying problem isn't fixed".

This code uses defined types which are foreign to Linux.  We don't
define UCHAR in Linux.  /This/ needs to be fixed in the entire driver.
Until this is not done, there is no reason to add this pointer type cast
merely to quieten gcc.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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