linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] include/linux/byteorder/generic.h: fix signed/unsigned warnings

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Date:   Mon, 21 Oct 2019 12:38:39 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Anatol Belski <weltling@...look.de>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        Michael Jamet <michael.jamet@...el.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "trivial@...nel.org" <trivial@...nel.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] include/linux/byteorder/generic.h: fix
 signed/unsigned warnings

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 09:27:37AM +0000, Anatol Belski wrote:
> From: Anatol Belski <anbelski@...rosoft.com>
> 
> This fixes the warnings like below, thrown by GCC
> 
> warning: comparison of integer expressions of different signedness: \
> ‘int’ and ‘size_t’ {aka ‘long unsigned int’} [-Wsign-compare]
>   195 |  for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
>       |                ^

We have explicitly disabled this warnings in the kernel Makefile.
How did you achieve this? (yes, I know the possible answer, perhaps
this has to be mentioned as well)

Now I see some inconsistency with this warning between GCC and Clang. Add
related people to the discussion.

> Signed-off-by: Anatol Belski <anbelski@...rosoft.com>
> ---

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-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko