Re: [PATCH v10 1/8] powerpc: fix compiler warnings and errors

From: Thiago Jung Bauermann
Date: Fri Dec 04 2020 - 20:24:28 EST



Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> The function prototype for the functions defined in ima.c for powerpc
> are given in the header file ima.h. But this header file is not
> included in ima.c resulting in compilation errors such as given below.
>
> arch/powerpc/kexec/ima.c:56:5: error: no previous prototype for 'ima_get_kexec_buffer' [-Werror=missing-prototypes]
> 56 | int ima_get_kexec_buffer(void **addr, size_t *size)
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> The function parameters for remove_ima_buffer() and
> arch_ima_add_kexec_buffer() are not described in the function header
> resulting in warnings such as given below.
>
> arch/powerpc/kexec/ima.c:111: warning: Function parameter or member 'fdt' not described in 'remove_ima_buffer'
>
> Include ima.h in ima.c for powerpc. Describe the function parameters for
> remove_ima_buffer() and arch_ima_add_kexec_buffer().
>
> Co-developed-by: Prakhar Srivastava <prsriva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Prakhar Srivastava <prsriva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

These warnings showed up when using `make W=1`, and this patch fixes
them. Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


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Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center