From: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
To: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Cc: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@gmail.com>,
llvm@lists.linux.dev, oe-kbuild-all@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
Guan-Chun Wu <409411716@gms.tku.edu.tw>,
David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: lib/base64.c:58:18: warning: implicit conversion from 'int' to 's8' (aka 'signed char') changes value from 131 to -125
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:35:20 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260910223520.GA3375179@ax162> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <202609110514.S0a0FD6a-lkp@intel.com>
On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 06:07:30AM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
> tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
> head: 50d05c7c76c96b90462f24debacca971d2e86713
> commit: c4eb7ad32eab13ba64cc452c6f43d518b63f5e03 lib/base64: optimize base64_decode() with reverse lookup tables
> date: 10 months ago
> config: hexagon-allnoconfig (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260911/202609110514.S0a0FD6a-lkp@intel.com/config)
> compiler: clang version 24.0.0git (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project d3db069999553568848400c84cbf815c03f5470f)
> reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260911/202609110514.S0a0FD6a-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)
>
> If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
> the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
> | Fixes: c4eb7ad32eab ("lib/base64: optimize base64_decode() with reverse lookup tables")
> | Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202609110514.S0a0FD6a-lkp@intel.com/
>
> All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
>
> >> lib/base64.c:58:18: warning: implicit conversion from 'int' to 's8' (aka 'signed char') changes value from 131 to -125 [-Wconstant-conversion]
> 58 | [BASE64_IMAP] = BASE64_REV_INIT('+', ',')
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> lib/base64.c:52:2: note: expanded from macro 'BASE64_REV_INIT'
> 48 | #define BASE64_REV_INIT(ch_62, ch_63) { \
> | ~
> 49 | [0 ... 0x1f] = -1, \
> 50 | INIT_32(0x20, ch_62, ch_63), \
> 51 | INIT_32(0x40, ch_62, ch_63), \
> 52 | INIT_32(0x60, ch_62, ch_63), \
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> lib/base64.c:46:50: note: expanded from macro 'INIT_32'
> 46 | #define INIT_32(v, ...) INIT_16(v, __VA_ARGS__), INIT_16((v) + 16, __VA_ARGS__)
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> lib/base64.c:45:49: note: expanded from macro 'INIT_16'
> 45 | #define INIT_16(v, ...) INIT_8(v, __VA_ARGS__), INIT_8((v) + 8, __VA_ARGS__)
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> note: (skipping 1 expansions in backtrace; use -fmacro-backtrace-limit=0 to see all)
> lib/base64.c:43:48: note: expanded from macro 'INIT_4'
> 43 | #define INIT_4(v, ...) INIT_2(v, __VA_ARGS__), INIT_2((v) + 2, __VA_ARGS__)
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> lib/base64.c:42:48: note: expanded from macro 'INIT_2'
> 42 | #define INIT_2(v, ...) INIT_1(v, __VA_ARGS__), INIT_1((v) + 1, __VA_ARGS__)
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> lib/base64.c:34:42: note: expanded from macro 'INIT_1'
> 34 | : (v) >= '0' && (v) <= '9' ? (v) - '0' + 52 \
> | ~~~~~~~~~~^~~~
> lib/base64.c:58:18: warning: implicit conversion from 'int' to 's8' (aka 'signed char') changes value from 130 to -126 [-Wconstant-conversion]
> 58 | [BASE64_IMAP] = BASE64_REV_INIT('+', ',')
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> lib/base64.c:52:2: note: expanded from macro 'BASE64_REV_INIT'
> 48 | #define BASE64_REV_INIT(ch_62, ch_63) { \
> | ~
> 49 | [0 ... 0x1f] = -1, \
> 50 | INIT_32(0x20, ch_62, ch_63), \
> 51 | INIT_32(0x40, ch_62, ch_63), \
> 52 | INIT_32(0x60, ch_62, ch_63), \
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> lib/base64.c:46:50: note: expanded from macro 'INIT_32'
> 46 | #define INIT_32(v, ...) INIT_16(v, __VA_ARGS__), INIT_16((v) + 16, __VA_ARGS__)
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> lib/base64.c:45:49: note: expanded from macro 'INIT_16'
> 45 | #define INIT_16(v, ...) INIT_8(v, __VA_ARGS__), INIT_8((v) + 8, __VA_ARGS__)
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> note: (skipping 1 expansions in backtrace; use -fmacro-backtrace-limit=0 to see all)
> lib/base64.c:43:48: note: expanded from macro 'INIT_4'
> 43 | #define INIT_4(v, ...) INIT_2(v, __VA_ARGS__), INIT_2((v) + 2, __VA_ARGS__)
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> lib/base64.c:42:24: note: expanded from macro 'INIT_2'
> 42 | #define INIT_2(v, ...) INIT_1(v, __VA_ARGS__), INIT_1((v) + 1, __VA_ARGS__)
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> lib/base64.c:34:42: note: expanded from macro 'INIT_1'
> 34 | : (v) >= '0' && (v) <= '9' ? (v) - '0' + 52 \
> | ~~~~~~~~~~^~~~
> lib/base64.c:58:18: warning: implicit conversion from 'int' to 's8' (aka 'signed char') changes value from 129 to -127 [-Wconstant-conversion]
> 58 | [BASE64_IMAP] = BASE64_REV_INIT('+', ',')
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> lib/base64.c:52:2: note: expanded from macro 'BASE64_REV_INIT'
> 48 | #define BASE64_REV_INIT(ch_62, ch_63) { \
> | ~
> 49 | [0 ... 0x1f] = -1, \
> 50 | INIT_32(0x20, ch_62, ch_63), \
> 51 | INIT_32(0x40, ch_62, ch_63), \
> 52 | INIT_32(0x60, ch_62, ch_63), \
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> lib/base64.c:46:50: note: expanded from macro 'INIT_32'
> 46 | #define INIT_32(v, ...) INIT_16(v, __VA_ARGS__), INIT_16((v) + 16, __VA_ARGS__)
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> lib/base64.c:45:49: note: expanded from macro 'INIT_16'
> 45 | #define INIT_16(v, ...) INIT_8(v, __VA_ARGS__), INIT_8((v) + 8, __VA_ARGS__)
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> note: (skipping 1 expansions in backtrace; use -fmacro-backtrace-limit=0 to see all)
> lib/base64.c:43:24: note: expanded from macro 'INIT_4'
> 43 | #define INIT_4(v, ...) INIT_2(v, __VA_ARGS__), INIT_2((v) + 2, __VA_ARGS__)
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> lib/base64.c:42:48: note: expanded from macro 'INIT_2'
> 42 | #define INIT_2(v, ...) INIT_1(v, __VA_ARGS__), INIT_1((v) + 1, __VA_ARGS__)
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> lib/base64.c:34:42: note: expanded from macro 'INIT_1'
> 34 | : (v) >= '0' && (v) <= '9' ? (v) - '0' + 52 \
> | ~~~~~~~~~~^~~~
> lib/base64.c:58:18: warning: implicit conversion from 'int' to 's8' (aka 'signed char') changes value from 128 to -128 [-Wconstant-conversion]
> 58 | [BASE64_IMAP] = BASE64_REV_INIT('+', ',')
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> lib/base64.c:52:2: note: expanded from macro 'BASE64_REV_INIT'
> 48 | #define BASE64_REV_INIT(ch_62, ch_63) { \
> | ~
> 49 | [0 ... 0x1f] = -1, \
> 50 | INIT_32(0x20, ch_62, ch_63), \
> 51 | INIT_32(0x40, ch_62, ch_63), \
> 52 | INIT_32(0x60, ch_62, ch_63), \
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> lib/base64.c:46:50: note: expanded from macro 'INIT_32'
> 46 | #define INIT_32(v, ...) INIT_16(v, __VA_ARGS__), INIT_16((v) + 16, __VA_ARGS__)
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> lib/base64.c:45:49: note: expanded from macro 'INIT_16'
> 45 | #define INIT_16(v, ...) INIT_8(v, __VA_ARGS__), INIT_8((v) + 8, __VA_ARGS__)
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> note: (skipping 1 expansions in backtrace; use -fmacro-backtrace-limit=0 to see all)
> lib/base64.c:43:24: note: expanded from macro 'INIT_4'
> 43 | #define INIT_4(v, ...) INIT_2(v, __VA_ARGS__), INIT_2((v) + 2, __VA_ARGS__)
I have not looked into the legitimacy of this warning yet but it comes
about from a recent change to fix -Wconstant-conversion in clang:
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/a5ef934a8d295dc03be3960f2b3744ec2e53238e
--
Cheers,
Nathan
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2026-09-10 22:07 lib/base64.c:58:18: warning: implicit conversion from 'int' to 's8' (aka 'signed char') changes value from 131 to -125 kernel test robot
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2026-09-11 6:41 ` Kuan-Wei Chiu
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