Re: [PATCH 1/1] mm: vmalloc: Fix a warning in the crash_save_vmcoreinfo_init()

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Fri Jan 19 2024 - 14:08:41 EST


CC linux-m68k

On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 9:11 AM Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 08:23:29PM +0100, Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) wrote:
> > > #endif
> > > VMCOREINFO_SYMBOL(_stext);
> > > - vmcoreinfo_append_str("NUMBER(VMALLOC_START)=0x%lx\n", VMALLOC_START);
> > > + vmcoreinfo_append_str("NUMBER(VMALLOC_START)=0x%lx\n", (unsigned long) VMALLOC_START);
> >
> > Well, the right fix is of course to make sure VMALLOC_START has a
> > consistent type, else we need to plaster this crud all over.
> > unsigned long seems like the right type for it, so at least m68k should
> > be fixed to confirm to that by adding a UL postfix to the definition.
> >
> I agree with you. I wanted to focus on fixing that particular place
> because i wanted to avoid other(on this step), possible side effects
> or drawbacks if i went with patching the arch/m68k/* files.
>
> But, in general arch/m68k/* has to be fixed.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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