linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the tip tree

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.11.1607250915160.5629@nanos>
Date:	Mon, 25 Jul 2016 09:16:48 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the tip tree

On Sun, 24 Jul 2016, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> After merging the tip tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64 allmodconfig)
> produced this warning:
> 
> In file included from include/linux/clocksource.h:18:0,
>                  from include/linux/clockchips.h:13,
>                  from drivers/clocksource/jcore-pit.c:14:
> include/linux/of.h:1004:20: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
>         .data = (fn == (fn_type)NULL) ? fn : fn  }
>                     ^
> include/linux/of.h:1020:3: note: in expansion of macro '_OF_DECLARE'
>    _OF_DECLARE(table, name, compat, fn, of_init_fn_1_ret)
>    ^
> include/linux/clocksource.h:247:2: note: in expansion of macro 'OF_DECLARE_1_RET'
>   OF_DECLARE_1_RET(clksrc, name, compat, fn)
>   ^
> drivers/clocksource/jcore-pit.c:277:1: note: in expansion of macro 'CLOCKSOURCE_OF_DECLARE'
>  CLOCKSOURCE_OF_DECLARE(jcore_pit, "jcore,pit", jcore_pit_init);
>  ^
> 
> Introduced by commits
> 
>   b7c4db861683 ("clocksource/drivers/clksrc-probe: Introduce init functions with return code")
>   177cf6e52b0a ("clocksources: Switch back to the clksrc table")
> 
> interacting with commit
> 
>   e0aa0655c60b ("clocksource: add J-Core timer/clocksource driver")
> 
> from the sh tree.

And why is that driver coming through the superh tree and not through the
clocksource maintainers? It's not only based on an old interface it's probably
unreviewed as well ...

Thanks,

	tglx