linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] mips: Differentiate between 32 and 64 bit ELF header

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Message-ID: <56BC7B2B.9010605@bmw-carit.de>
Date:	Thu, 11 Feb 2016 13:14:35 +0100
From:	Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@...-carit.de>
To:	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...tec.com>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
CC:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] mips: Differentiate between 32 and 64 bit ELF
 header

On 02/11/2016 01:04 PM, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Feb 2016, Ralf Baechle wrote:
>> Thanks, applied.
>>
>> I'm getting a less spectacular warning from gcc 5.2:
>>
>>   CC      fs/proc/vmcore.o
>> fs/proc/vmcore.c: In function ‘parse_crash_elf64_headers’:
>> fs/proc/vmcore.c:939:47: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
> 
>  Yes, the temporaries still need to have their pointed types changed, to 
> `Elf32_Ehdr' and `Elf64_Ehdr' respectively, as in the original change.
> 
>  I had it mentioned in a WIP version of my review (stating that it would 
> verify that the correct type is used by the caller), but then deleted that 
> part inadvertently, sigh.

Yeah, that part fall through the cracks.

>  Daniel, sorry for the extra iteration.

No problem. Just a sec.

cheers,
daniel