[PATCH] nfs: fix compilation warning

[PATCH] nfs: fix compilation warning

[bookjovi]

From: Jovi Zhang <bookjovi@gmail.com>

this commit fix compilation warning as following:
linux-2.6/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c:3265: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast

Signed-off-by: Jovi Zhang <bookjovi@gmail.com>
---
 fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 1ff76ac..c7eb4ee 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -3262,7 +3262,7 @@ static int buf_to_pages_noslab(const void *buf, size_t buflen,
 	spages = pages;
 
 	do {
-		len = min(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, buflen);
+		len = min((size_t)PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, buflen);
 		newpage = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 
 		if (newpage == NULL)
-- 
1.7.2.3

Re: [PATCH] nfs: fix compilation warning

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 00:19,  <bookjovi@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Jovi Zhang <bookjovi@gmail.com>
>
> this commit fix compilation warning as following:
> linux-2.6/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c:3265: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast

And as the offender is on track for 2.6.37.4-stable, it needs to be
applied there, too.

> Signed-off-by: Jovi Zhang <bookjovi@gmail.com>
> ---
>  fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
> index 1ff76ac..c7eb4ee 100644
> --- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
> +++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
> @@ -3262,7 +3262,7 @@ static int buf_to_pages_noslab(const void *buf, size_t buflen,
>        spages = pages;
>
>        do {
> -               len = min(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, buflen);
> +               len = min((size_t)PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, buflen);

Alternatively, we could use

len = min_t(size_t, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, buflen);

which may be somewhat cleaner, as it doesn't add an explicit cast.

>                newpage = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
>
>                if (newpage == NULL)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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