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Re: [PATCH resend] video: Use bool instead int pointer for get_opt_bool() argument

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  Re: [PATCH resend] video: Use bool instead int pointer for  get_opt_bool() argument Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com> - 2016-02-16 14:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH resend] video: Use bool instead int pointer for  get_opt_bool() argument Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@bmw-carit.de> - 2016-02-16 17:10 +0100

#1335363 — Re: [PATCH resend] video: Use bool instead int pointer for get_opt_bool() argument

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On 09/02/16 11:18, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> As the function name already indicates that get_opt_bool() parses
> for a bool. It is not a surprise that compiler is complaining
> about it when -Werror=incompatible-pointer-types is used:
> 
> drivers/video/fbdev/intelfb/intelfbdrv.c: In function ‘intelfb_setup’:
> drivers/video/fbdev/intelfb/intelfbdrv.c:353:39: error: passing argument 3 of ‘get_opt_bool’ from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
>    if (get_opt_bool(this_opt, "accel", &accel))
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@bmw-carit.de>
> Reported-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
> ---
> [resend because Maik's emial address bounced last try]
> 
> Hi,
> 
> In the 'simple wait queue support' series is a patch
> which turns on -Werror=incompatible-pointer-types which will
> result in a compile error for intelfb.
> 
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/1/28/462
> 
> Even if that patch wont make it, this one makes sense (at least
> for me :))
> 
> I'll prepend this patch to the next version of the series in order
> to see if I got rid of all incompatible pointer types errors caught
> by the kbuild test robot.

The patch looks good to me, but I didn't quite catch the above. So do
you want me to apply this to fbdev tree, or do you need to take this via
some other tree? If the latter, you have my ack.

 Tomi

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On 02/16/2016 02:14 PM, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
> 
> On 09/02/16 11:18, Daniel Wagner wrote:
>> As the function name already indicates that get_opt_bool() parses
>> for a bool. It is not a surprise that compiler is complaining
>> about it when -Werror=incompatible-pointer-types is used:
>>
>> drivers/video/fbdev/intelfb/intelfbdrv.c: In function ‘intelfb_setup’:
>> drivers/video/fbdev/intelfb/intelfbdrv.c:353:39: error: passing argument 3 of ‘get_opt_bool’ from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
>>    if (get_opt_bool(this_opt, "accel", &accel))
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@bmw-carit.de>
>> Reported-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
>> ---
>> [resend because Maik's emial address bounced last try]
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> In the 'simple wait queue support' series is a patch
>> which turns on -Werror=incompatible-pointer-types which will
>> result in a compile error for intelfb.
>>
>> https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/1/28/462
>>
>> Even if that patch wont make it, this one makes sense (at least
>> for me :))
>>
>> I'll prepend this patch to the next version of the series in order
>> to see if I got rid of all incompatible pointer types errors caught
>> by the kbuild test robot.
> 
> The patch looks good to me, but I didn't quite catch the above. So do
> you want me to apply this to fbdev tree, or do you need to take this via
> some other tree? If the latter, you have my ack.

I don't have any preference on the routing. So if you take it via fbdev
that would be nice. One thing less to care about :)

thanks,
daniel

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