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Re: [PATCH 3/5] staging: lustre: lustre: Remove unnecessary cast on void pointer

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On Fri, 2017-03-03 at 03:35 +0530, SIMRAN SINGHAL wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 3:29 AM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2017-03-03 at 03:25 +0530, SIMRAN SINGHAL wrote:
> > > On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 3:13 AM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 2017-03-03 at 02:49 +0530, simran singhal wrote:
> > > > > The following Coccinelle script was used to detect this:
> > > > > @r@
> > > > > expression x;
> > > > > void* e;
> > > > > type T;
> > > > > identifier f;
> > > > > @@
> > > > > (
> > > > >   *((T *)e)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > >   ((T *)x)[...]
> > > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > >   ((T*)x)->f
> > > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > - (T*)
> > > > >   e
> > > > > )
> > > > 
> > > > NAK.
> > > > 
> > > > Nice, but you still have to verify correctness
> > > > before submitting these patches.
> > > > 
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mgc/mgc_request.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mgc/mgc_request.c
> > > > 
> > > > []
> > > > > @@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ static int mgc_set_info_async(const struct lu_env *env, struct obd_export *exp,
> > > > >               rc = sptlrpc_parse_flavor(val, &flvr);
> > > > >               if (rc) {
> > > > >                       CERROR("invalid sptlrpc flavor %s to MGS\n",
> > > > > -                            (char *)val);
> > > > > +                            val);
> > > > 
> > > > Try compiling this.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > I compiled it before sending.
> > 
> > Did you look at the warnings?
> > 
> >   CC [M]  drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mgc/mgc_request.o
> > drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mgc/mgc_request.c: In function ‘mgc_set_info_async’:
> > drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mgc/mgc_request.c:1036:115: warning: format ‘%s’ expects argument of type ‘char *’, but argument 3 has type ‘void *’ [-Wformat=]
> >     CERROR("invalid sptlrpc flavor %s to MGS\n",
> > 
> 
> I again compiled it and this is what I got :-
> 
>   CHK     include/config/kernel.release
>   CHK     include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h
>   CHK     include/generated/utsrelease.h
>   CHK     include/generated/timeconst.h
>   CHK     include/generated/bounds.h
>   CHK     include/generated/asm-offsets.h
>   CALL    scripts/checksyscalls.sh
>   CHK     include/generated/compile.h
>   LD      arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux
>   ZOFFSET arch/x86/boot/zoffset.h
>   AS      arch/x86/boot/header.o
>   LD      arch/x86/boot/setup.elf
>   OBJCOPY arch/x86/boot/setup.bin
>   OBJCOPY arch/x86/boot/vmlinux.bin
>   BUILD   arch/x86/boot/bzImage
> Setup is 17500 bytes (padded to 17920 bytes).
> System is 7128 kB
> CRC 37713343
> Kernel: arch/x86/boot/bzImage is ready  (#4)
>   Building modules, stage 2.
>   MODPOST 4541 modules
> 
> I am not getting any warning.

Then you are likely not compiling the modified file.

try:

$ <git checkout latest-next>
$ make clean
$ make allyesconfig
<apply your patch>
$ make drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mgc/mgc_request.o

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[PATCH 3/5] staging: lustre: lustre: Remove unnecessary cast on void pointer simran singhal <singhalsimran0@gmail.com> - 2017-03-02 22:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 3/5] staging: lustre: lustre: Remove unnecessary cast on  void pointer Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-03-02 22:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 3/5] staging: lustre: lustre: Remove unnecessary cast on  void pointer Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-03-02 23:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 3/5] staging: lustre: lustre: Remove unnecessary cast on  void pointer Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-03-02 23:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 3/5] staging: lustre: lustre: Remove unnecessary cast on  void pointer SIMRAN SINGHAL <singhalsimran0@gmail.com> - 2017-03-02 23:40 +0100
        Re: [Outreachy kernel] Re: [PATCH 3/5] staging: lustre: lustre:  Remove unnecessary cast on void pointer Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> - 2017-03-03 04:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 3/5] staging: lustre: lustre: Remove unnecessary cast on  void pointer SIMRAN SINGHAL <singhalsimran0@gmail.com> - 2017-03-02 23:10 +0100

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