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[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/5] Suppress some gcc warnings with -Wtype-limi
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Michael S. Tsirkin |
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[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/5] Suppress some gcc warnings with -Wtype-limits |
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Sun, 5 Sep 2010 10:54:04 +0300 |
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Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-12-10) |
On Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 05:21:24PM +0000, Blue Swirl wrote:
> In the unsigned number space, the checks can be merged into one,
> assuming that BLKDBG_EVEN_MAX is less than INT_MAX. Alternatively we
> could have:
> - if (event < 0 || event >= BLKDBG_EVENT_MAX) {
> + if ((int)event < 0 || event >= BLKDBG_EVENT_MAX) {
>
> This would also implement the check that the writer of this code was
> trying to make.
> The important thing to note is however is that the check as it is now
> is not correct.
I agree. But it seems to indicate a bigger problem.
If we are trying to pass in a negative value, which is not one
of enum values, using BlkDebugEvent as type is just confusing,
we should just pass int instead.
> >> How about adding assert(OMAP_EMIFS_BASE == 0) and commenting out the
> >> check? Then if the value changes, the need to add the comparison back
> >> will be obvious.
> >
> > This would work but it's weird. The thing is it's currently a correct
> > code and the check may be useless but it's the optimiser's task to
> > remove it, not ours. The compiler is not able to tell whether the
> > check makes sense or nott, because the compiler only has access to
> > preprocessed code. So why should you let the compiler have anything
> > to say on it.
>
> Good point. I'll try to invent something better.
Use #pragma to supress the warning? Maybe we could wrap this in a macro ..
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- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] Suppress some gcc warnings with -Wtype-limits, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] Suppress some gcc warnings with -Wtype-limits, Blue Swirl, 2010/09/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] Suppress some gcc warnings with -Wtype-limits, andrzej zaborowski, 2010/09/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] Suppress some gcc warnings with -Wtype-limits, Blue Swirl, 2010/09/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] Suppress some gcc warnings with -Wtype-limits, andrzej zaborowski, 2010/09/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] Suppress some gcc warnings with -Wtype-limits, Blue Swirl, 2010/09/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] Suppress some gcc warnings with -Wtype-limits, andrzej zaborowski, 2010/09/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] Suppress some gcc warnings with -Wtype-limits, Blue Swirl, 2010/09/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] Suppress some gcc warnings with -Wtype-limits, Kevin Wolf, 2010/09/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] Suppress some gcc warnings with -Wtype-limits, Blue Swirl, 2010/09/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] Suppress some gcc warnings with -Wtype-limits, malc, 2010/09/04
- [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/5] Suppress some gcc warnings with -Wtype-limits,
Michael S. Tsirkin <=
- [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/5] Suppress some gcc warnings with -Wtype-limits, Blue Swirl, 2010/09/05
- [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/5] Suppress some gcc warnings with -Wtype-limits, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2010/09/05
- [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/5] Suppress some gcc warnings with -Wtype-limits, Blue Swirl, 2010/09/05
- [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/5] Suppress some gcc warnings with -Wtype-limits, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2010/09/05
- [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/5] Suppress some gcc warnings with -Wtype-limits, andrzej zaborowski, 2010/09/05
- [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/5] Suppress some gcc warnings with -Wtype-limits, Blue Swirl, 2010/09/05
- [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/5] Suppress some gcc warnings with -Wtype-limits, andrzej zaborowski, 2010/09/05
- [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/5] Suppress some gcc warnings with -Wtype-limits, andrzej zaborowski, 2010/09/05
- [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/5] Suppress some gcc warnings with -Wtype-limits, Blue Swirl, 2010/09/05
- [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/5] Suppress some gcc warnings with -Wtype-limits, andrzej zaborowski, 2010/09/05