netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: fix clang Wformat warning

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Date:   Fri, 26 Mar 2021 11:28:35 +0100
From:   Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
CC:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        "Zhang Changzhong" <zhangchangzhong@...wei.com>,
        Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>,
        Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>,
        Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: fix clang Wformat warning

On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 12:56:49PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> When building with 'make W=1', clang warns about a mismatched
> format string:
> 
> net/ipv6/ah6.c:710:4: error: format specifies type 'unsigned short' but the argument has type 'int' [-Werror,-Wformat]
>                         aalg_desc->uinfo.auth.icv_fullbits/8);
>                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> include/linux/printk.h:375:34: note: expanded from macro 'pr_info'
>         printk(KERN_INFO pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
>                                 ~~~     ^~~~~~~~~~~
> net/ipv6/esp6.c:1153:5: error: format specifies type 'unsigned short' but the argument has type 'int' [-Werror,-Wformat]
>                                 aalg_desc->uinfo.auth.icv_fullbits / 8);
>                                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> include/linux/printk.h:375:34: note: expanded from macro 'pr_info'
>         printk(KERN_INFO pr_fmt(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
>                                 ~~~     ^~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> Here, the result of dividing a 16-bit number by a 32-bit number
> produces a 32-bit result, which is printed as a 16-bit integer.
> 
> Change the %hu format to the normal %u, which has the same effect
> but avoids the warning.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Applied to ipsec-next, thanks!