linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] openrisc: Define __kernel_size

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Date:   Tue, 20 Dec 2016 21:45:56 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Cc:     Stafford Horne <shorne@...il.com>,
        "kbuild-all@...org" <kbuild-all@...org>,
        Stefan Kristiansson <stefan.kristiansson@...nalahti.fi>,
        openrisc@...ts.librecores.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] openrisc: Define __kernel_size_t to suppress compiler warnings

Hi Stafford,

On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 9:22 PM, kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com> wrote:
> [auto build test WARNING on linus/master]
> [also build test WARNING on v4.9 next-20161220]
> [if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improve the system]
>
> url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Stafford-Horne/openrisc-Define-__kernel_size_t-to-suppress-compiler-warnings/20161221-024243
> config: openrisc-or1ksim_defconfig (attached as .config)
> compiler: or32-linux-gcc (GCC) 4.5.1-or32-1.0rc1
> reproduce:
>         wget https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/wfg/lkp-tests.git/plain/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
>         chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
>         # save the attached .config to linux build tree
>         make.cross ARCH=openrisc
>
> All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
>
>    crypto/drbg.c: In function 'drbg_seed':
>>> crypto/drbg.c:1062:3: warning: format '%zu' expects type 'size_t', but argument 2 has type 'long unsigned int'
>    crypto/drbg.c: In function 'drbg_generate':
>    crypto/drbg.c:1275:3: warning: format '%zu' expects type 'size_t', but argument 2 has type 'long unsigned int'

When I saw this patch, I was already a bit skeptical about it, but I noticed
other architectures (e.g. avr32) are doing the same, so I didn't reply.

In my experience, "format '%zu' expects argument of type 'size_t', but
argument 3 has type 'unsigned int'" happens when using a compiler that
was not configured to use the correct type (should be unsigned long) for
size_t. Typically this happens when using a compiler not configured for
a Linux target.

Given 0day uses a compiler configured for Linux (or32-linux-gcc), your
patch seems to break such (correct) setups.

What kind of compiler are you using?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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