From: Yanjiang Jin <yanjiang....@windriver.com> Function parse_crash_elf_headers() reads e_ident[EI_CLASS] then decides to call parse_crash_elf64_headers() or parse_crash_elf32_headers(). But this happens in run time, not compile time. So compiler will report the below warning:
In file included from include/linux/elf.h:4:0, from fs/proc/vmcore.c:13: fs/proc/vmcore.c: In function 'parse_crash_elf32_headers': arch/mips/include/asm/elf.h:258:23: warning: initializatio n from incompatible pointer type struct elfhdr *__h = (hdr); \ ^ fs/proc/vmcore.c:1071:4: note: in expansion of macro 'elf_ check_arch' !elf_check_arch(&ehdr) || ^ Signed-off-by: Yanjiang Jin <yanjiang....@windriver.com> --- fs/proc/vmcore.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/proc/vmcore.c b/fs/proc/vmcore.c index 4e61388..576bb26 100644 --- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c +++ b/fs/proc/vmcore.c @@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ static void free_elfcorebuf(void) static int __init parse_crash_elf64_headers(void) { int rc=0; - Elf64_Ehdr ehdr; + struct elfhdr ehdr; u64 addr; addr = elfcorehdr_addr; @@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ fail: static int __init parse_crash_elf32_headers(void) { int rc=0; - Elf32_Ehdr ehdr; + struct elfhdr ehdr; u64 addr; addr = elfcorehdr_addr; -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/