Re: [PATCH] reiserfs: Force type conversion in xattr_hash

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

On Wed, 17 Apr 2019 17:22:00 +0530 Bharath Vedartham <linux.bhar@gmail.com> wrote:

> This patch fixes the sparse warning:
> 
> fs/reiserfs//xattr.c:453:28: warning: incorrect type in return
> expression (different base types)
> fs/reiserfs//xattr.c:453:28:    expected unsigned int
> fs/reiserfs//xattr.c:453:28:    got restricted __wsum
> fs/reiserfs//xattr.c:453:28: warning: incorrect type in return
> expression (different base types)
> fs/reiserfs//xattr.c:453:28:    expected unsigned int
> fs/reiserfs//xattr.c:453:28:    got restricted __wsum
> 
> csum_partial returns restricted integer __wsum whereas xattr_hash
> expects a return type of __u32.
> 
> ...
>
> --- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
> +++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
> @@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ static struct page *reiserfs_get_page(struct inode *dir, size_t n)
>  
>  static inline __u32 xattr_hash(const char *msg, int len)
>  {
> -	return csum_partial(msg, len, 0);
> +	return (__force __u32)csum_partial(msg, len, 0);
>  }
>  
>  int reiserfs_commit_write(struct file *f, struct page *page,

hm.  Conversion from int to __u32 should be OK - why is sparse being so
picky here?

Why is the __force needed, btw?