Re: [PATCH] mthca: work around -Wenum-conversion warning

[Jason Gunthorpe]

On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 05:45:00PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 4:57 PM Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 10:12:30PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > gcc points out a suspicious mixing of enum types in a function that
> > > converts from MTHCA_OPCODE_* values to IB_WC_* values:
> > >
> > > drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_cq.c: In function 'mthca_poll_one':
> > > drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_cq.c:607:21: warning: implicit conversion from 'enum <anonymous>' to 'enum ib_wc_opcode' [-Wenum-conversion]
> > >   607 |    entry->opcode    = MTHCA_OPCODE_INVALID;
> > >
> > > Nothing seems to ever check for MTHCA_OPCODE_INVALID again, no
> > > idea if this is meaningful, but it seems harmless as it deals
> > > with an invalid input.
> > >
> > > Add a cast to suppress the warning.
> > >
> > > Fixes: 2a4443a69934 ("[PATCH] IB/mthca: fill in opcode field for send completions")
> > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> > >  drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_cq.c | 2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_cq.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_cq.c
> > > index c3cfea243af8..319b8aa63f36 100644
> > > +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_cq.c
> > > @@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ static inline int mthca_poll_one(struct mthca_dev *dev,
> > >                       entry->byte_len  = MTHCA_ATOMIC_BYTE_LEN;
> > >                       break;
> > >               default:
> > > -                     entry->opcode    = MTHCA_OPCODE_INVALID;
> > > +                     entry->opcode    = (u8)MTHCA_OPCODE_INVALID;
> > >                       break;
> >
> > This code is completely bogus, sigh
> >
> > Is this OK as far as the warning goes?
> 
> Yes, I'm sure your patch fixes it and it makes more sense than my version.
> 
> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Okay, I'll revise it, thanks

Jason