Re: [PATCH 4/4] alpha: Use absolute_pointer for strcmp on fixed memory location

[Linus Torvalds]

On Sun, Sep 12, 2021 at 9:02 AM Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> -       if (strcmp(COMMAND_LINE, "INSTALL") == 0) {
> +       if (strcmp(absolute_pointer(COMMAND_LINE), "INSTALL") == 0) {

Again, this feels very much like treating the symptoms, not actually
fixing the real issue.

It's COMMAND_LINE itself that should have been fixed up, not that one use of it.

Because the only reason you didn't get a warning from later uses is
that 'strcmp()' is doing compiler-specific magic. You're just delaying
the inevitable warnings about the other uses of that thing.

            Linus