linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 1/8] powerpc: fix compiler warnings and errors

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Message-ID: <87mtytoxpj.fsf@manicouagan.localdomain>
Date:   Fri, 04 Dec 2020 22:20:24 -0300
From:   Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@...ux.microsoft.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 1/8] powerpc: fix compiler warnings and errors


Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@...ux.microsoft.com> writes:

> The function prototype for the functions defined in ima.c for powerpc
> are given in the header file ima.h. But this header file is not
> included in ima.c resulting in compilation errors such as given below.
>
> arch/powerpc/kexec/ima.c:56:5: error: no previous prototype for 'ima_get_kexec_buffer' [-Werror=missing-prototypes]
>    56 | int ima_get_kexec_buffer(void **addr, size_t *size)
>       |     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> The function parameters for remove_ima_buffer() and
> arch_ima_add_kexec_buffer() are not described in the function header
> resulting in warnings such as given below.
>
> arch/powerpc/kexec/ima.c:111: warning: Function parameter or member 'fdt' not described in 'remove_ima_buffer'
>
> Include ima.h in ima.c for powerpc. Describe the function parameters for
> remove_ima_buffer() and arch_ima_add_kexec_buffer().
>
> Co-developed-by: Prakhar Srivastava <prsriva@...ux.microsoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Prakhar Srivastava <prsriva@...ux.microsoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@...ux.microsoft.com>
> Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>

These warnings showed up when using `make W=1`, and this patch fixes
them. Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.ibm.com>


-- 
Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center