On 09/19/2017 11:48 PM, Xiao Ni wrote:
On the s390 platform the build fails with the error below. Manage.c: In function 'Manage_subdevs': Manage.c:1502:5: error: passing argument 3 of 'fstat_is_blkdev' from incompatible pointer type [-Werror] fstat_is_blkdev(tfd, dv->devname, &rdev); ^ In file included from Manage.c:25:0: mdadm.h:1446:12: note: expected 'dev_t *' but argument is of type 'long unsigned int *' It was introduced by commit 0a6bff09 (mdadm/util: unify fstat checking blkdev into function). It needs to pass a type 'dev_t' argument to fstat_is_blkdev, but it passes a type 'unsigned long' argument. So use a temporary variable to fix this. Signed-off-by: Xiao Ni <xni@xxxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Wols Lists <antlists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Manage.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
So having a quick look at this, I have to say I don't like the casting back and forth. The fact that we carry rdev in an unsigned long in Manage_subdevs() seems dubious to me.
Did you look into what the implications would be to change it to a dev_t? Jes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html