Re: [PATCH 1/1] mm: vmalloc: Fix a warning in the crash_save_vmcoreinfo_init()

[Uladzislau Rezki]

> On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 08:23:29PM +0100, Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) wrote:
> >  #endif
> >  	VMCOREINFO_SYMBOL(_stext);
> > -	vmcoreinfo_append_str("NUMBER(VMALLOC_START)=0x%lx\n", VMALLOC_START);
> > +	vmcoreinfo_append_str("NUMBER(VMALLOC_START)=0x%lx\n", (unsigned long) VMALLOC_START);
> 
> Well, the right fix is of course to make sure VMALLOC_START has a
> consistent type, else we need to plaster this crud all over.
> unsigned long seems like the right type for it, so at least m68k should
> be fixed to confirm to that by adding a UL postfix to the definition.
> 
I agree with you. I wanted to focus on fixing that particular place
because i wanted to avoid other(on this step), possible side effects
or drawbacks if i went with patching the arch/m68k/* files.

But, in general arch/m68k/* has to be fixed.

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Uladzislau Rezki