Re: [PATCH] crypto: testmgr - Fix format argument warning

[Eric Biggers]

On Sat, Oct 10, 2020 at 10:16:37AM +0800, Ye Bin wrote:
> Fix follow warning:
> [crypto/testmgr.c:2317]: (warning) %d in format string (no. 5) requires
> 'int' but the argument type is 'unsigned int'.
> 
> Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ye Bin <yebin10@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  crypto/testmgr.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/crypto/testmgr.c b/crypto/testmgr.c
> index a64a639eddfa..aefa4b6b8d78 100644
> --- a/crypto/testmgr.c
> +++ b/crypto/testmgr.c
> @@ -2315,7 +2315,7 @@ static void generate_random_aead_testvec(struct aead_request *req,
>  	if (vec->setkey_error == 0 && vec->setauthsize_error == 0)
>  		generate_aead_message(req, suite, vec, prefer_inauthentic);
>  	snprintf(name, max_namelen,
> -		 "\"random: alen=%u plen=%u authsize=%u klen=%u novrfy=%d\"",
> +		 "\"random: alen=%u plen=%u authsize=%u klen=%u novrfy=%u\"",
>  		 vec->alen, vec->plen, authsize, vec->klen, vec->novrfy);

Actually vec->novrfy is 'unsigned char', not 'unsigned int'.  Both %u and %d
will work, but %d is technically correct because 'unsigned char' gets promoted
to 'int'.  What tool are you using that claims this is wrong?

- Eric