linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: mce: fix type mismatch warning

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Date:   Sun, 14 Jan 2018 12:52:52 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
cc:     Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>,
        Xunlei Pang <xlpang@...hat.com>, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: mce: fix type mismatch warning



On Wed, 10 Jan 2018, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> The printed symbol is a 64-bit address, so we get a warning when
> building this code for 32-bit kernels:
> 
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c: In function '__print_mce':
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c:237:21: error: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Werror=int-to-pointer-cast]
> 
> This uses an extra uintptr_t cast to avoid the warning.
> 
> Fixes: 7b6061627eb8 ("x86: do not use print_symbol()")

I have no idea where this commit comes from .... It's neither in Linus tree
nor in tip.

Thanks,

	tglx