linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cachefiles: Explicitly cast enumerated type in put

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Message-ID: <20181105220111.GA7640@flashbox>
Date:   Mon, 5 Nov 2018 15:01:11 -0700
From:   Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-cachefs@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cachefiles: Explicitly cast enumerated type in put_object

On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 10:33:44AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> Clang warns when one enumerated type is implicitly converted to another.
> 
> fs/cachefiles/namei.c:247:50: warning: implicit conversion from
> enumeration type 'enum cachefiles_obj_ref_trace' to different
> enumeration type 'enum fscache_obj_ref_trace' [-Wenum-conversion]
>         cache->cache.ops->put_object(&xobject->fscache,
> cachefiles_obj_put_wait_retry);
> 
> Silence this warning by explicitly casting to fscache_obj_ref_trace,
> which is also done in put_object.
> 
> Reported-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
> ---
>  fs/cachefiles/namei.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/namei.c b/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
> index af2b17b21b94..15e5988a83de 100644
> --- a/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
> @@ -244,11 +244,13 @@ static int cachefiles_mark_object_active(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
>  
>  	ASSERT(!test_bit(CACHEFILES_OBJECT_ACTIVE, &xobject->flags));
>  
> -	cache->cache.ops->put_object(&xobject->fscache, cachefiles_obj_put_wait_retry);
> +	cache->cache.ops->put_object(&xobject->fscache,
> +		(enum fscache_obj_ref_trace)cachefiles_obj_put_wait_retry);
>  	goto try_again;
>  
>  requeue:
> -	cache->cache.ops->put_object(&xobject->fscache, cachefiles_obj_put_wait_timeo);
> +	cache->cache.ops->put_object(&xobject->fscache,
> +		(enum fscache_obj_ref_trace)cachefiles_obj_put_wait_timeo);
>  	_leave(" = -ETIMEDOUT");
>  	return -ETIMEDOUT;
>  }
> -- 
> 2.19.0
> 

Hi David,

Have you had a chance to take a look at this patch?

Thanks,
Nathan