Re: linux-next: build warnings in Linus' tree

From: Stephen Rothwell
Date: Sun Aug 29 2010 - 21:42:32 EST


Hi Len,

On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:24:39 +1000 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Today's linux-next build (x86_64 allmodconfig) produced these warnings:
>
> drivers/acpi/sysfs.c:152: warning: passing argument 1 of '__check_old_set_param' from incompatible pointer type
> include/linux/moduleparam.h:165: note: expected 'int (*)(const char *, struct kernel_param *)' but argument is of type 'int (*)(const char *, const struct kernel_param *)'
> drivers/acpi/sysfs.c:152: warning: passing argument 1 of '__check_old_set_param' from incompatible pointer type
> include/linux/moduleparam.h:165: note: expected 'int (*)(const char *, struct kernel_param *)' but argument is of type 'int (*)(const char *, const struct kernel_param *)'
> drivers/acpi/sysfs.c:152: warning: passing argument 1 of '__check_old_set_param' from incompatible pointer type
> include/linux/moduleparam.h:165: note: expected 'int (*)(const char *, struct kernel_param *)' but argument is of type 'int (*)(const char *, const struct kernel_param *)'
> drivers/acpi/sysfs.c:152: warning: passing argument 1 of '__check_old_set_param' from incompatible pointer type
> include/linux/moduleparam.h:165: note: expected 'int (*)(const char *, struct kernel_param *)' but argument is of type 'int (*)(const char *, const struct kernel_param *)'
> drivers/acpi/sysfs.c:154: warning: passing argument 1 of '__check_old_set_param' from incompatible pointer type
> include/linux/moduleparam.h:165: note: expected 'int (*)(const char *, struct kernel_param *)' but argument is of type 'int (*)(const char *, const struct kernel_param *)'
> drivers/acpi/sysfs.c:154: warning: passing argument 1 of '__check_old_set_param' from incompatible pointer type
> include/linux/moduleparam.h:165: note: expected 'int (*)(const char *, struct kernel_param *)' but argument is of type 'int (*)(const char *, const struct kernel_param *)'
> drivers/acpi/sysfs.c:154: warning: passing argument 1 of '__check_old_set_param' from incompatible pointer type
> include/linux/moduleparam.h:165: note: expected 'int (*)(const char *, struct kernel_param *)' but argument is of type 'int (*)(const char *, const struct kernel_param *)'
> drivers/acpi/sysfs.c:154: warning: passing argument 1 of '__check_old_set_param' from incompatible pointer type
> include/linux/moduleparam.h:165: note: expected 'int (*)(const char *, struct kernel_param *)' but argument is of type 'int (*)(const char *, const struct kernel_param *)'
>
> Introduced by commit 1c8fce27e275fd7c6b75bc6455745f02d3903ee6 ("ACPI:
> introduce drivers/acpi/sysfs.c") interacting with commit
> 9bbb9e5a33109b2832e2e63dcc7a132924ab374b ("param: use ops in struct
> kernel_param, rather than get and set fns directly").

Can we have this fixed, please?
--
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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