Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: work around -Wenum-compare-conditional warning
From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Fri Oct 18 2024 - 15:07:38 EST
On Fri, Oct 18, 2024, at 16:06, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>>
>> This is one of only three -Wenum-compare-conditional warnings we get
>> in randconfig builds:
>>
>> drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c:4331:17: error: conditional expression between different enumeration types ('enum iwl_fw_sta_type' and 'enum iwl_sta_type') [-Werror,-Wenum-compare-conditional]
>> 4331 | u32 type = mld ? STATION_TYPE_PEER : IWL_STA_LINK;
>> | ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> This is a false positive since the code works as intended, but the
>> warning is otherwise sensible, so slightly rewrite it in order to
>> not trigger the warning.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> Is this and the other rtw89 patch for current release or -next?
Up to you, the warning has existed for a long time at W=1
level, so the patch applies to current and stable kernels
as well, but it's not a regression or particularly important.
It would be nice to turn on the warning by default in 6.13
once the three patches I sent get applied.
Arnd