Hi Andreas, On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 11:00 PM Andreas Schwab <schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Feb 10 2022, Atish Patra wrote: > > diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c > > index 469b9739faf7..cca579bae8a0 100644 > > --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c > > +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c > > @@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ void __init riscv_fill_hwcap(void) > > for_each_of_cpu_node(node) { > > unsigned long this_hwcap = 0; > > uint64_t this_isa = 0; > > + char *temp; > > > > if (riscv_of_processor_hartid(node) < 0) > > continue; > > @@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ void __init riscv_fill_hwcap(void) > > continue; > > } > > > > + temp = (char *)isa; > > There should be no need for this cast. Indeed, but only if "temp" is changed to "const char *". Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds