On Sat, 2020-02-08 at 07:10 -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> Clang warns:
>
> ../arch/s390/boot/kaslr.c:78:25: warning: passing 'char *' to parameter
> of type 'const u8 *' (aka 'const unsigned char *') converts between
> pointers to integer
> types with different sign [-Wpointer-sign]
> (char *) entropy, (char *) entropy,
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ../arch/s390/include/asm/cpacf.h:280:28: note: passing argument to
> parameter 'src' here
> u8 *dest, const u8 *src, long src_len)
> ^
> 2 warnings generated.
>
> Fix the cast to match what else is done in this function.
>
> Fixes: b2d24b97b2a9 ("s390/kernel: add support for kernel address space layout randomization (KASLR)")
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/862
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/s390/boot/kaslr.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/kaslr.c b/arch/s390/boot/kaslr.c
> index 5d12352545c5..5591243d673e 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/boot/kaslr.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/boot/kaslr.c
> @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static unsigned long get_random(unsigned long limit)
> *(unsigned long *) prng.parm_block ^= seed;
> for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
> cpacf_kmc(CPACF_KMC_PRNG, prng.parm_block,
> - (char *) entropy, (char *) entropy,
> + (u8 *) entropy, (u8 *) entropy,
Why not change the function to take void *?
static inline int cpacf_kmc(unsigned long func, void *param,
u8 *dest, const u8 *src, long src_len)
vs:
static inline int cpacf_kmc(unsigned long func, void *param,
void *dest, const void *src, long src_len)
and remove the casts?
