From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com>,
Stafford Horne <shorne@gmail.com>,
"kbuild-all\@01.org" <kbuild-all@01.org>,
Stefan Kristiansson <stefan.kristiansson@saunalahti.fi>,
openrisc@lists.librecores.org,
"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] openrisc: Define __kernel_size_t to suppress compiler warnings
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 23:44:43 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871sx28bl0.fsf@linux-m68k.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMuHMdUvXsiuHWuyiriyU5Y3ZJqRT2js++nXTwOd=WCdqArCTw@mail.gmail.com> (Geert Uytterhoeven's message of "Tue, 20 Dec 2016 21:45:56 +0100")
On Dez 20 2016, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> When I saw this patch, I was already a bit skeptical about it, but I noticed
> other architectures (e.g. avr32) are doing the same, so I didn't reply.
>
> In my experience, "format '%zu' expects argument of type 'size_t', but
> argument 3 has type 'unsigned int'" happens when using a compiler that
> was not configured to use the correct type (should be unsigned long) for
> size_t. Typically this happens when using a compiler not configured for
> a Linux target.
32-bit targets typically use unsigned int for size_t. It is part of the
ABI, so all compilers must agree. Since or32 is a out-of-tree port, and
gcc defaults to unsigned long for size_t, mismatches can happen if
people are using incomplete patches.
Andreas.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-12-20 22:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-12-20 13:59 [PATCH] openrisc: Define __kernel_size_t to suppress compiler warnings Stafford Horne
2016-12-20 20:22 ` kbuild test robot
2016-12-20 20:45 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2016-12-20 22:44 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2016-12-20 23:02 ` Stafford Horne
2016-12-21 7:05 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2016-12-21 4:06 ` kbuild test robot
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