Re: [PATCH v2] mm: fix up sparse warning in gfpflags_allow_blocking

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Mon Nov 23 2015 - 07:45:16 EST


On Mon 23-11-15 07:23:29, Jeff Layton wrote:
> sparse says:
>
> include/linux/gfp.h:274:26: warning: incorrect type in return expression (different base types)
> include/linux/gfp.h:274:26: expected bool
> include/linux/gfp.h:274:26: got restricted gfp_t
>
> Add a comparison to zero to have it return bool.
>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jeff.layton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

> ---
> include/linux/gfp.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> [v2: use a compare instead of forced cast, as suggested by Michal]
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
> index 6523109e136d..b76c92073b1b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/gfp.h
> +++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
> @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static inline int gfpflags_to_migratetype(const gfp_t gfp_flags)
>
> static inline bool gfpflags_allow_blocking(const gfp_t gfp_flags)
> {
> - return gfp_flags & __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM;
> + return (gfp_flags & __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM) != 0;
> }
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
> --
> 2.4.3

--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
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