Re: [PATCH] RDMA/siw: Fix compiler warnings on 32-bit due to u64/pointer abuse

Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-08-27T18:00:06Z

Hi Al,

On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 7:46 PM Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 07:29:52PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 4:17 PM David Laight <David.Laight@aculab.com> wrote:
> > > From: Geert Uytterhoeven
> > > > Sent: 19 August 2019 18:15
> > > ...
> > > > > I think a cast to unsigned long is rather more common.
> > > > >
> > > > > uintptr_t is used ~1300 times in the kernel.
> > > > > I believe a cast to unsigned long is much more common.
> > > >
> > > > That is true, as uintptr_t was introduced in C99.
> > > > Similarly, unsigned long was used before size_t became common.
> > > >
> > > > However, nowadays size_t and uintptr_t are preferred.
> > >
> > > Isn't uintptr_t defined by the same standard as uint32_t?
> >
> > I believe so.
>
> It sure as hell is not. C99 7.18.1.4:
>
> The following type designates an unsigned integer type with the property that any valid
> pointer to void can be converted to this type, then converted back to pointer to void,
> and the result will compare equal to the original pointer:
> uintptr_t
>
> IOW, it's "large enough to represent pointers".

I did not say the two types are identical, and can be used interchangeable.

Both types are defined (at least) in
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/stdint.h.html

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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