linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3.18 104/105] IB/nes: Fix a compiler warning

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Date:   Tue, 25 Sep 2018 04:38:44 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Sasha Levin <Alexander.Levin@...rosoft.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@....com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.18 104/105] IB/nes: Fix a compiler warning

On Tue, 2018-09-25 at 13:32 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 04:11:38AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Tue, 2018-09-25 at 10:55 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
[]
> > > No warnings is great,
> > 
> > I believe that is not necessarily true.
> 
> For me, it is essencial.
[]
> > Change to a new compiler version and new warnings could be
> > added somewhat arbitrarily.
> 
> That's true, and is why I am stuck at gcc7 at the moment, as gcc8 does
> horrid things to older stable kernels :)

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