Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Fix implicit enum conversion goof in scattered reverse CPUID code

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On Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:10:15 -0700, Nathan Chancellor said:

> Unfortunately, gcc's -Wenum-conversion is behind -Wextra rather than
> -Wall like clang. If you explicitly enable it with
> KCFLAGS=-Wenum-conversion to your make invocation, it will warn in the
> exact same way as clang:
>
> arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c: In function 'kvm_set_cpu_caps':
> arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c:499:29: warning: implicit conversion from 'enum kvm_only_cpuid_leafs' to 'enum cpuid_leafs' [-Wenum-conversion]
>   499 |  kvm_cpu_cap_init_scattered(CPUID_12_EAX,
>       |                             ^~~~~~~~~~~~
> arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c: In function '__do_cpuid_func':
> arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c:837:31: warning: implicit conversion from 'enum kvm_only_cpuid_leafs' to 'enum cpuid_leafs' [-Wenum-conversion]
>   837 |   cpuid_entry_override(entry, CPUID_12_EAX);
>       |                               ^~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> clang's warning for comparison/posterity:
>
> arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c:499:29: warning: implicit conversion from enumeration type 'enum kvm_only_cpuid_leafs' to different enumeration type 'enum cpuid_leafs'
 [-Wenum-conversion]
>         kvm_cpu_cap_init_scattered(CPUID_12_EAX,
>         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^~~~~~~~~~~~
> arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c:837:31: warning: implicit conversion from enumeration type 'enum kvm_only_cpuid_leafs' to different enumeration type 'enum cpuid_leafs'
 [-Wenum-conversion]
>                 cpuid_entry_override(entry, CPUID_12_EAX);
>                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~        ^~~~~~~~~~~~
> 2 warnings generated.

Note that this will kill the build if you have CONFIG_KVM_WERROR=y in effect
(which was a reasonable thing to do when KVM built just fine with it in effect).

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