Re: compile error on 3.10.1

From: Thomas Fjellstrom
Date: Sat Jul 20 2013 - 14:07:55 EST


On Sat 20 July 2013 11:02:10 you wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 09:59:57AM -0600, Thomas Fjellstrom wrote:
> > Hi, just trying to compile a vanilla kernel and building using
> > allmodconfig and using oldconfig with the debian 3.10.1 config as a base.
> >
> > With the later config, I get the following:
>
> Is this new to 3.10.1 and works fine for 3.10.0?

I'll check.

All I've tested so far is debian's 2.6.32, 3.9.8, 3.10.1, and a vanilla 3.10.1
(with allmodconfig and oldconfig+debian config).

> > CC [M] drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/debugfs.o
> > drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/debugfs.c: In function âwil_print_ringâ:
> > drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/debugfs.c:163:11: error: pointer targets
in
> > passing argument 5 of âhex_dump_to_bufferâ differ in signedness [-
> > Werror=pointer-sign]
> > false);
> > ^
> > In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,
> > from include/linux/cache.h:4,
> > from include/linux/time.h:4,
> > from include/linux/stat.h:18,
> > from include/linux/module.h:10,
> > from drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/debugfs.c:17:
> > include/linux/printk.h:361:13: note: expected âchar *â but argument is of
type
> > âunsigned char *â
> > extern void hex_dump_to_buffer(const void *buf, size_t len,
> > ^
> > drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/debugfs.c: In function
> > âwil_txdesc_debugfs_showâ:
> > drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/debugfs.c:429:10: error: pointer targets
in
> > passing argument 5 of âhex_dump_to_bufferâ differ in signedness [-
> > Werror=pointer-sign]
> > sizeof(printbuf), false);
> > ^
> > In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,
> > from include/linux/cache.h:4,
> > from include/linux/time.h:4,
> > from include/linux/stat.h:18,
> > from include/linux/module.h:10,
> > from drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/debugfs.c:17:
> > include/linux/printk.h:361:13: note: expected âchar *â but argument is of
type
> > âunsigned char *â
> > extern void hex_dump_to_buffer(const void *buf, size_t len,
> > ^
> > cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
> > make[5]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/debugfs.o] Error 1
> > make[4]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210] Error 2
> > make[3]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/ath] Error 2
> > make[2]: *** [drivers/net/wireless] Error 2
> > make[1]: *** [drivers/net] Error 2
> > make: *** [drivers] Error 2
> >
> > There are also a bunch of warnings, most of the ones I could catch are
> > signedness related.
>
> Care to send this to the atheros wireless developers? I'm sure they
> would like to know about it.

Can do.

> greg k-h
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