On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 10:49:08AM -0400, Sean Anderson wrote:
>
> What version of sparse are you using? With sparse 0.6.2, gcc 9.3.0, and
> with C=1 and W=2 I don't see this warning.
OK I've upgraded my sparse to the latest git tree, but it still
gives the same warning, because the two types are of different
sizes:
$ make C=1 W=1 O=build-compile drivers/crypto/
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/herbert/src/build/kernel/test/build-compile'
GEN Makefile
CALL ../scripts/checksyscalls.sh
CALL ../scripts/atomic/check-atomics.sh
CC [M] drivers/crypto/mxs-dcp.o
In file included from ../include/linux/kernel.h:15,
from ../arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h:27,
from ../arch/x86/include/asm/current.h:6,
from ../include/linux/sched.h:12,
from ../include/linux/ratelimit.h:6,
from ../include/linux/dev_printk.h:16,
from ../include/linux/device.h:15,
from ../include/linux/dma-mapping.h:7,
from ../drivers/crypto/mxs-dcp.c:8:
../drivers/crypto/mxs-dcp.c: In function \u2018mxs_dcp_aes_block_crypt\u2019:
../include/linux/minmax.h:18:28: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
(!!(sizeof((typeof(x) *)1 == (typeof(y) *)1)))
^~
../include/linux/minmax.h:32:4: note: in expansion of macro \u2018__typecheck\u2019
(__typecheck(x, y) && __no_side_effects(x, y))
^~~~~~~~~~~
../include/linux/minmax.h:42:24: note: in expansion of macro \u2018__safe_cmp\u2019
__builtin_choose_expr(__safe_cmp(x, y), \
^~~~~~~~~~
../include/linux/minmax.h:51:19: note: in expansion of macro \u2018__careful_cmp\u2019
#define min(x, y) __careful_cmp(x, y, <)
^~~~~~~~~~~~~
../drivers/crypto/mxs-dcp.c:369:12: note: in expansion of macro \u2018min\u2019
rem = min(dst_iter.length, actx->fill);
^~~
CHECK ../drivers/crypto/mxs-dcp.c
../drivers/crypto/mxs-dcp.c:369:47: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different type sizes):
../drivers/crypto/mxs-dcp.c:369:47: unsigned long *
../drivers/crypto/mxs-dcp.c:369:47: unsigned int *
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/herbert/src/build/kernel/test/build-compile'
$
In fact as you can see that gcc is warning too. Perhaps you're
building on 32-bit?
Thanks,
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