Re: [PATCH] reboot: Fix variable assignments in type_store

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Wed, 11 Nov 2020 20:50:23 -0700 Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com> wrote:

> Clang warns:
> 
> kernel/reboot.c:707:17: warning: implicit conversion from enumeration
> type 'enum reboot_type' to different enumeration type 'enum reboot_mode'
> [-Wenum-conversion]
>                 reboot_mode = BOOT_TRIPLE;
>                             ~ ^~~~~~~~~~~
>
> ...
>
> --- a/kernel/reboot.c
> +++ b/kernel/reboot.c
> @@ -704,19 +704,19 @@ static ssize_t type_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
>  		return -EPERM;
>  
>  	if (!strncmp(buf, BOOT_TRIPLE_STR, strlen(BOOT_TRIPLE_STR)))
> -		reboot_mode = BOOT_TRIPLE;
> +		reboot_type = BOOT_TRIPLE;
>  	else if (!strncmp(buf, BOOT_KBD_STR, strlen(BOOT_KBD_STR)))
> -		reboot_mode = BOOT_KBD;
> +		reboot_type = BOOT_KBD;
>  	else if (!strncmp(buf, BOOT_BIOS_STR, strlen(BOOT_BIOS_STR)))
> -		reboot_mode = BOOT_BIOS;
> +		reboot_type = BOOT_BIOS;
>  	else if (!strncmp(buf, BOOT_ACPI_STR, strlen(BOOT_ACPI_STR)))
> -		reboot_mode = BOOT_ACPI;
> +		reboot_type = BOOT_ACPI;
>  	else if (!strncmp(buf, BOOT_EFI_STR, strlen(BOOT_EFI_STR)))
> -		reboot_mode = BOOT_EFI;
> +		reboot_type = BOOT_EFI;
>  	else if (!strncmp(buf, BOOT_CF9_FORCE_STR, strlen(BOOT_CF9_FORCE_STR)))
> -		reboot_mode = BOOT_CF9_FORCE;
> +		reboot_type = BOOT_CF9_FORCE;
>  	else if (!strncmp(buf, BOOT_CF9_SAFE_STR, strlen(BOOT_CF9_SAFE_STR)))
> -		reboot_mode = BOOT_CF9_SAFE;
> +		reboot_type = BOOT_CF9_SAFE;
>  	else
>  		return -EINVAL;

This is a fairly dramatic change to the original patch, but it eyeballs
OK.

Matteo, could you please comment?  And preferably retest?