Re: The sheer number of sparse warnings in the kernel

H. Peter Anvin
2014-02-27T00:52:17Z

On 02/26/2014 04:48 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> err.h could also return bool instead of long for the
> IS_ERR and IS_ERR_OR_NULL tests.

This is definitely true... although we should check that that doesn't
make the code worse as this is used *all over* the kernel.

> Maybe something like this could be useful.
>
> Shut up the unsigned<->signed pointer conversions
> and implicit conversions in the Makefile.

Sounds like two separate patches to me.

-hpa