Re: [PATCH] regulator: core: Fix argument to _notifier_call_chaincall

From: Mark Brown
Date: Sun Jul 29 2012 - 16:39:31 EST


On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 03:53:16PM +0800, Axel Lin wrote:
> Pass the address of best_val rather than the value of best_val for the third
> argument to _notifier_call_chain().
>
> This fixes below build warning:
> CC drivers/regulator/core.o
> drivers/regulator/core.c: In function '_regulator_do_set_voltage':
> drivers/regulator/core.c:2183:10: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]

No, this isn't a good idea - you're fixing a warning by changing the
semantics to be something obscure and not terribly helpful. Just add a
cast if your compiler is getting upset.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/