netdev - Re: sfc: an enumeration is not a bitmask

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Date:	Tue, 17 May 2011 14:23:50 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bhutchings@...arflare.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sfc: an enumeration is not a bitmask

From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 19:18:39 +0100

> On Tue, 2011-05-17 at 14:14 -0400, David Miller wrote:
>> Ben can you please get rid of "enum efx_fc_type"?
>> 
>> drivers/net/sfc/mcdi_mac.c: In function ‘efx_mcdi_set_mac’:
>> drivers/net/sfc/mcdi_mac.c:36:2: warning: case value ‘3’ not in enumerated type ‘enum efx_fc_type’
>> 
>> An enumeration is not a bitmask, instead it means one out of the set
>> of enumerated values will be used.  This means that the warning
>> here about:
>> 
>> 	switch (efx->wanted_fc) {
>> 	case EFX_FC_RX | EFX_FC_TX:
>> 
>> is completely legitimate.
> 
> I think this is common practice in C.  I filed a bug regarding the
> warning at <http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=46457>, which
> has not yet been resolved either way.

I've been seeing this warning for at least a year, it could take yet
another year before it's "resolved" in a way that people will see the
warning go away on their computers, more likely longer.

I'm not waiting a year, or more, for something as trivial as this
warning to get cured, please fix this the way that I asked.

Thanks.