linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -resend] cris: Use "int" for ssize_t to match size

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Date:	Thu, 6 Dec 2012 15:46:31 +0100
From:	Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@...s.com>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	Mikael Starvik <starvik@...s.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-cris-kernel@...s.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@...s.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -resend] cris: Use "int" for ssize_t to match size_t

On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 11:39:56AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On cris-linux-gcc, __SIZE_TYPE__ expands to "unsigned int", as
> gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/cris-linux/lib/gcc/cris-linux/4.6.3/plugin/include/config/cris/linux.h
> has
> 
>     #define SIZE_TYPE "unsigned int"
> 
> Hence __kernel_size_t is also "unsigned int".  But __kernel_ssize_t is
> "long", which has a different base type, causing compiler warnings like:
> 
>     fs/quota/quota_tree.c:372:4: warning: format '%zd' expects argument of type 'signed size_t', but argument 4 has type 'ssize_t' [-Wformat]
> 
> To fix this, __kernel_ssize_t should be changed to "int". Hence cris can
> just use the generic 32-bit versions from include/asm-generic/posix_types.h
> for all size-related types.

Yup, I agree, thanks!

> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> Cc: Mikael Starvik <starvik@...s.com>

Acked-by: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@...s.com>

> Cc: Hans-Peter Nilsson <hans-peter.nilsson@...s.com>
> Cc: linux-cris-kernel@...s.com
> ---
>  arch/cris/include/asm/posix_types.h |    5 -----
>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/cris/include/asm/posix_types.h b/arch/cris/include/asm/posix_types.h
> index ce4e517..0f22e6a 100644
> --- a/arch/cris/include/asm/posix_types.h
> +++ b/arch/cris/include/asm/posix_types.h
> @@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ typedef unsigned short	__kernel_uid_t;
>  typedef unsigned short	__kernel_gid_t;
>  #define __kernel_uid_t __kernel_uid_t
>  
> -typedef __SIZE_TYPE__	__kernel_size_t;
> -typedef long		__kernel_ssize_t;
> -typedef int		__kernel_ptrdiff_t;
> -#define __kernel_size_t __kernel_size_t
> -
>  typedef unsigned short	__kernel_old_dev_t;
>  #define __kernel_old_dev_t __kernel_old_dev_t
>  
> -- 
> 1.7.0.4
> 
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