linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cifs: Add support for parsing WSL-style symlinks

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Message-ID: <20241125222517.wxtwgfjs5rkcr7pj@pali>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 23:25:17 +0100
From: Pali Rohár <pali@...nel.org>
To: Steve French <smfrench@...il.com>
Cc: Steve French <sfrench@...ba.org>, Paulo Alcantara <pc@...guebit.com>,
	Ronnie Sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@...il.com>,
	linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cifs: Add support for parsing WSL-style symlinks

On Monday 25 November 2024 15:24:03 Steve French wrote:
> This patch
> 
> commit 06a7adf318a30bdcfa1222ed6d2640e6bb266d7b
> Author: Pali Rohár <pali@...nel.org>
> Date:   Sat Sep 28 13:21:24 2024 +0200
> 
>     cifs: Add support for parsing WSL-style symlinks
> 
> 
>  led to compile warning:
> 
>   CC [M]  fs/smb/client/reparse.o
>   CHECK   fs/smb/client/reparse.c
> fs/smb/client/reparse.c:679:45: warning: incorrect type in argument 4
> (different base types)
> fs/smb/client/reparse.c:679:45:    expected unsigned short [usertype] *pwcs
> fs/smb/client/reparse.c:679:45:    got restricted __le16 [usertype]
> *[assigned] symname_utf16
> 
> 
> Let me know if updated version needed

I have already reacted for this problem more than month ago:
https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/20241007213401.bsfqwlb4c2k6ynlr@pali/

But nobody on the list replied :-( So I do not know what is the best way
to handle this issue.