Re: [PATCH 4/4] tty: mips_ejtag_fdc: Fix passing incompatible pointer type warning

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On 15. 02. 24, 18:17, Serge Semin wrote:
mips_ejtag_fdc_encode() method expects having a first argument passed of
the "u8 **" type, meanwhile the driver passes the "const char **" type.
That causes the next build-warning:

drivers/tty/mips_ejtag_fdc.c: In function ‘mips_ejtag_fdc_console_write’:
drivers/tty/mips_ejtag_fdc.c:343:32: error: passing argument 1 of ‘mips_ejtag_fdc_encode’ from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
    word = mips_ejtag_fdc_encode(&buf_ptr, &buf_len, 1);
                                 ^
drivers/tty/mips_ejtag_fdc.c:216:24: note: expected ‘const u8 ** {aka const unsigned char **}’ but argument is of type ‘const char **’
  static struct fdc_word mips_ejtag_fdc_encode(const u8 **ptrs,
                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It's a correct change. But why the compiler complains, given
KBUILD_CFLAGS += -funsigned-char
?

Fix it by altering the type of the pointer which is passed to the
mips_ejtag_fdc_encode() method.

Fixes: ce7cbd9a6c81 ("tty: mips_ejtag_fdc: use u8 for character pointers")
Signed-off-by: Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@xxxxxxxxx>
---
  drivers/tty/mips_ejtag_fdc.c | 2 +-
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/mips_ejtag_fdc.c b/drivers/tty/mips_ejtag_fdc.c
index aac80b69a069..afbf7738c7c4 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/mips_ejtag_fdc.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/mips_ejtag_fdc.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ static void mips_ejtag_fdc_console_write(struct console *c, const char *s,
  	unsigned int i, buf_len, cpu;
  	bool done_cr = false;
  	char buf[4];
-	const char *buf_ptr = buf;
+	const u8 *buf_ptr = buf;
  	/* Number of bytes of input data encoded up to each byte in buf */
  	u8 inc[4];

thanks,
--
js
suse labs





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