From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab@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: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 08:05:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMuHMdVn8FKEkaNeiYaepKcaE6eofZN9kJ0u0yo0Y1X3P37Bfg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871sx28bl0.fsf@linux-m68k.org>
On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 11:44 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> 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.
Right, thanks for correcting me!
It should indeed be unsigned int on 32-bit, and unsigned long on 64-bit.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
-- Linus Torvalds
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-12-21 7:05 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
2016-12-20 23:02 ` Stafford Horne
2016-12-21 7:05 ` Geert Uytterhoeven [this message]
2016-12-21 4:06 ` kbuild test robot
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