On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 05:27:36PM +0800, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:17:25 +0800 Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 04:57:04PM +0800, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > >
> > > After merging the writeback tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> > > allnoconfig) produced these warnings:
> > >
> > > mm/page-writeback.c: In function 'bdi_position_ratio':
> > > mm/page-writeback.c:622:3: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast [enabled by default]
> > > page-writeback.c:635:4: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast [enabled by default]
> > >
> > > Introduced by commits 6c14ae1e92c7 ("writeback: dirty position control")
> > > and 8927f66c4ede ("writeback: dirty position control - bdi reserve area").
> >
> > Ah sorry! The below patch should fix it. Shall I update the original
> > commits in place, or append this patch as a new commit?
>
> That choice is up to you as the maintainer of that tree. Either works
> for me (appending is easier for you and me, and the warning is not a
> problem as far as bisection is concerned).
Got it!
> > Fix powerpc compile warnings
> >
> > mm/page-writeback.c: In function 'bdi_position_ratio':
> > mm/page-writeback.c:622:3: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast [enabled by default]
> > page-writeback.c:635:4: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast [enabled by default]
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> If you do keep it separate, you could add a
>
> Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> above your SOB line.
OK!
Thanks,
Fengguang
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