linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Fix a build warning in scripts/sortextable.h

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Date:	Wed, 3 Jul 2013 22:12:11 +1000
From:	Daniel Tang <dt.tangr@...il.com>
To:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	trivial@...nel.org, David Daney <david.daney@...ium.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Fix a build warning in scripts/sortextable.h

Hi,

On 03/07/2013, at 10:07 PM, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz> wrote:

> On 3.7.2013 14:06, Michal Marek wrote:
>> Added David Daney to CC.
> 
> Second attempt, sorry.
> 
> 
>> On 9.6.2013 04:33, Daniel Tang wrote:
>>> The pointer passed to the _r() macro does not always match the type
>>> of the function that it is aliasing and raises several of the following
>>> warnings at compile time:
>>> 
>>> warning: passing argument 1 of ‘r8’ from incompatible pointer type
>> 
>> In what environment (arch, compiler, glibc) are you seeing this?
>> 

I'm cross compiling the ARM arch with gcc version 4.7.2 on 64 bit OS X. It should throw that warning on any 64 bit environment (not just OS X) but I haven't tested it.

If you want, I can look a little deeper into this.

Cheers,
tangrs--
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