| Date | Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:07:43 -0800 | From | Jonathan Nieder <> | Subject | Re: [ 016/173] use clamp_t in UNAME26 fix |
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Ben Hutchings wrote:
> The min/max call needed to have explicit types on some architectures > (e.g. mn10300). Use clamp_t instead to avoid the warning: > > kernel/sys.c: In function 'override_release': > kernel/sys.c:1287:10: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast [enabled by default] > > Reported-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com> [...] > - copy = min(sizeof(buf), max_t(size_t, 1, len));
I don't understand how this happens given that v2.6.36-rc1~68 (MN10300: Fix size_t and ssize_t, 2010-08-12) was supposed to fix this kind of thing. Doesn't sizeof(buf) have type size_t already (C99 §6.5.3.4 "the sizeof operator" ¶4)?
What version of gcc produces this warning?
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