Re: linux-next: Tree for Jun 20 (hweight return type)

From: Namjae Jeon
Date: Wed Jun 20 2012 - 23:32:06 EST


2012/6/21, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:10:09 -0700 Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> Someone changes the return type of __const_hweight8() to
>> (unsigned long). That causes printk format warnings when
>> hweight8/16() etc. is passed a constant:
>
> That would be "include/linux/bitops.h: fix warning" from the akpm tree
> (adding cc's).
This patch is made for fix warning message. but it looks affect other side.
Sorry for noise, I will look for other mehod. Once would you plz
revert this patch in linux-next and akpm tree ?
Thanks.
>
>>
>> drivers/input/joystick/analog.c:412:4: warning: format '%d' expects type
>> 'int', but argument 4 has type 'long unsigned int'
>> drivers/input/joystick/analog.c:412:4: warning: format '%d' expects type
>> 'int', but argument 5 has type 'long unsigned int'
>> drivers/input/joystick/analog.c:416:5: warning: format '%d' expects type
>> 'int', but argument 5 has type 'long unsigned int'
>>
>>
>> Note that in
>>
>> #define hweight8(w) (__builtin_constant_p(w) ? __const_hweight8(w) :
>> __arch_hweight8(w))
>>
>> __arch_hweight*() still returns unsigned int while __const_hweight*()
>> returns unsigned long. This can't be good, can it?
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Stephen Rothwell sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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