Re: [PATCH] kernel.h: fix new warnings for container_of()

From	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] kernel.h: fix new warnings for container_of()
Date	2017-06-21 12:20 +0200
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On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 11:25 AM, Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> wrote:
> On 20/06/17 21:09, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>
>> I see new warnings with gcc-7.0.1 with the modified container_of():
>>
>> fs/f2fs/dir.c: In function 'F2FS_I':
>> fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:1122:385: note: found mismatched ssa struct pointer types:
>> 'struct f2fs_inode_info' and 'struct inode'
>
>
> Is that actually a warning, or just informational?  In any case, it seems
> like a good idea to avoid it.

It's informational, not a warning. I couldn't actually figure out what the
message is trying to tell me here. Maybe the message could also be
improved?

      Arnd

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[PATCH] kernel.h: fix new warnings for container_of() Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-06-20 22:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] kernel.h: fix new warnings for container_of() Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-06-21 00:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] kernel.h: fix new warnings for container_of() Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-06-21 00:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] kernel.h: fix new warnings for container_of() Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> - 2017-06-21 11:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] kernel.h: fix new warnings for container_of() Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-06-21 12:20 +0200

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