Re: [PATCH 0/5] [RFC] printk/ia64/ppc64/parisc64: let's deprecate %pF/%pf printk specifiers

From: Sergey Senozhatsky
Date: Mon Sep 18 2017 - 22:08:24 EST


On (09/18/17 10:44), Luck, Tony wrote:
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> A few new warnings when building on ia64:
>
> arch/ia64/kernel/module.c:931: warning: passing argument 1 of 'dereference_function_descriptor' makes pointer from integer without a cast
> arch/ia64/kernel/module.c:931: warning: return makes integer from pointer without a cast
> kernel/kallsyms.c:325: warning: assignment makes integer from pointer without a cast
> kernel/kallsyms.c:325: warning: passing argument 1 of 'dereference_kernel_function_descriptor' makes pointer from integer without a cast

got it, will address in v2.

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> Which looks like what you wanted. People unaware of the vagaries
> of ppc64/ia64/parisc64 can use the wrong %p[SF] variant, but still
> get the right output.

thanks!

-ss