Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: work around -Wenum-compare-conditional warning
From: Kalle Valo
Date: Mon Oct 21 2024 - 03:30:50 EST
"Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> 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.
Ok, I guess -next is more approriate then.
> It would be nice to turn on the warning by default in 6.13
> once the three patches I sent get applied.
It's not certain if driver specific trees make it to v6.13 so should the
patches applied directly to wireless-next?
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