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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:07:18 -0500
From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
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Subject: Warning when compiling arch/x86/mm/init_64.c on x86_64
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Since commit 511631011d39706ac81ee5e4c9084d61e5b4fd34, entitled
"x86: fix pointer type warning in arch/x86/mm/init_64.c:early_memtest", the 
following warning is produced for x86_64:

arch/x86/mm/init_64.c: In function ‘early_memtest’:
arch/x86/mm/init_64.c:520: warning: passing argument 2 of 
‘find_e820_area_size’ from incompatible pointer type

Before this commit, the compilation of this routine on my system was clean. I 
use gcc version 4.2.1. Was this the warning for i386 before the patch? I 
tried simple changes in the definition of find_e820_area_size, but only 
managed to push the warning on to the call to bad_addr_size. At that point I 
decided to let the experts find a proper fix. Note that the warning does no 
harm - I just get nervous about incompatible pointer warnings as it usually 
means that I have screwed something up.

Larry

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