linux-kernel - Re: kprobes: get rid of distinct type warning

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Message-ID: <20091221111759.GA12670@in.ibm.com>
Date:	Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:47:59 +0530
From:	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>
To:	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: kprobes: get rid of distinct type warning

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:15:49AM +0100, Heiko Carstens wrote:
> From: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
> 
> Every time I see this:
> 
> kernel/kprobes.c: In function 'register_kretprobe':
> kernel/kprobes.c:1038: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
> 
> I'm wondering if something changed in common code and we need to do
> something for s390. Apparently that's not the case.
> Let's get rid of this annoying warning.
> 
> Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>

Acked-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>

Thanks Heiko. I'd tested this on x86 and powerpc and neither throws the
warning. No wonder I missed it.
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