Ben Hutchings wrote:

> The min/max call needed to have explicit types on some architectures
> (e.g. mn10300). Use clamp_t instead to avoid the warning:
> 
>   kernel/sys.c: In function 'override_release':
>   kernel/sys.c:1287:10: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a 
> cast [enabled by default]
>
> Reported-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang...@intel.com>
[...]
> -             copy = min(sizeof(buf), max_t(size_t, 1, len));

I don't understand how this happens given that v2.6.36-rc1~68
(MN10300: Fix size_t and ssize_t, 2010-08-12) was supposed to fix this
kind of thing.  Doesn't sizeof(buf) have type size_t already (C99
§6.5.3.4 "the sizeof operator" ¶4)?

What version of gcc produces this warning?

Puzzled,
Jonathan
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