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SubjectRe: [PATCH] ib_umem: fix type mismatch
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On Fri, Sep 06, 2019 at 05:42:37PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On some 32-bit architectures, size_t is defined as 'int' rather
> than 'long', causing a harmless warning:
>
> drivers/infiniband/core/umem_odp.c:220:7: error: comparison of distinct pointer types ('typeof (umem_odp->umem.address) *' (aka 'unsigned long *') and 'typeof (umem_odp->umem.length) *' (aka 'unsigned int *')) [-Werror,-Wcompare-distinct-pointer-types]
> if (check_add_overflow(umem_odp->umem.address,
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> include/linux/overflow.h:59:15: note: expanded from macro 'check_add_overflow'
> (void) (&__a == &__b); \
> ~~~~ ^ ~~~~
>
> As size_t is always the same length as unsigned long in all supported
> architectures, change the structure definition to use the unsigned long
> type for both.
>
> Fixes: 204e3e5630c5 ("RDMA/odp: Check for overflow when computing the umem_odp end")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---
> include/rdma/ib_umem.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>

Hi Arnd,

I had slightly different fix in my submission queue, which I think is
better because it leaves length to be size_t.

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rdma/20190908080726.30017-1-leon@kernel.org/T/#u

Thanks

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