... and make gcc4 happy.
On 05.25, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.12-rc5/2.6.12-rc5-mm1/
>
>
> - Again, if there are patches in here which you think should be merged in
> 2.6.12, please point them out to me.
>
scripts/ is full of mismatches between char* params an signed char* arguments,
and viceversa. gcc4 now complaints loud about this. Patch below deletes all
those 'signed'. Anyways, which was the purpose of declaring 'signed char's
to store text ?
--- linux-2.6.12-rc5-mm1/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c.orig 2005-05-28 00:11:01.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.12-rc5-mm1/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c 2005-05-28 00:11:07.000000000 +0200
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@
" USB$ => find all CONFIG_ symbols ending with USB\n"
"\n");
-static signed char buf[4096], *bufptr = buf;
-static signed char input_buf[4096];
+static char buf[4096], *bufptr = buf;
+static char input_buf[4096];
static char filename[PATH_MAX+1] = ".config";
static char *args[1024], **argptr = args;
static int indent;
--- linux-2.6.12-rc5-mm1/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c.orig 2005-05-28 00:11:23.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.12-rc5-mm1/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c 2005-05-28 00:11:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@
NULL,
};
-static char *conf_expand_value(const signed char *in)
+static char *conf_expand_value(const char *in)
{
struct symbol *sym;
- const signed char *src;
+ const char *src;
static char res_value[SYMBOL_MAXLENGTH];
char *dst, name[SYMBOL_MAXLENGTH];
--- linux-2.6.12-rc5-mm1/scripts/kconfig/conf.c.orig 2005-05-28 00:12:18.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.12-rc5-mm1/scripts/kconfig/conf.c 2005-05-28 00:12:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@
static int indent = 1;
static int valid_stdin = 1;
static int conf_cnt;
-static signed char line[128];
+static char line[128];
static struct menu *rootEntry;
static char nohelp_text[] = N_("Sorry, no help available for this option yet.\n");
-static void strip(signed char *str)
+static void strip(char *str)
{
- signed char *p = str;
+ char *p = str;
int l;
while ((isspace(*p)))
--- linux-2.6.12-rc5-mm1/scripts/basic/fixdep.c.orig 2005-05-28 00:00:02.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.12-rc5-mm1/scripts/basic/fixdep.c 2005-05-28 00:07:27.000000000 +0200
@@ -212,23 +212,23 @@
if (*p == '_')
*p = '/';
else
- *p = tolower((unsigned char)*p);
+ *p = tolower((int)*p);
}
printf(" $(wildcard include/config/%s.h) \\\n", s);
}
-void parse_config_file(signed char *map, size_t len)
+void parse_config_file(char *map, size_t len)
{
int *end = (int *) (map + len);
/* start at +1, so that p can never be < map */
int *m = (int *) map + 1;
- signed char *p, *q;
+ char *p, *q;
for (; m < end; m++) {
- if (*m == INT_CONF) { p = (signed char *) m ; goto conf; }
- if (*m == INT_ONFI) { p = (signed char *) m-1; goto conf; }
- if (*m == INT_NFIG) { p = (signed char *) m-2; goto conf; }
- if (*m == INT_FIG_) { p = (signed char *) m-3; goto conf; }
+ if (*m == INT_CONF) { p = (char *) m ; goto conf; }
+ if (*m == INT_ONFI) { p = (char *) m-1; goto conf; }
+ if (*m == INT_NFIG) { p = (char *) m-2; goto conf; }
+ if (*m == INT_FIG_) { p = (char *) m-3; goto conf; }
continue;
conf:
if (p > map + len - 7)
@@ -291,9 +291,9 @@
void parse_dep_file(void *map, size_t len)
{
- signed char *m = map;
- signed char *end = m + len;
- signed char *p;
+ char *m = map;
+ char *end = m + len;
+ char *p;
char s[PATH_MAX];
p = strchr(m, ':');
--- linux-2.6.12-rc5-mm1/scripts/basic/docproc.c.orig 2005-05-28 00:09:23.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.12-rc5-mm1/scripts/basic/docproc.c 2005-05-28 00:10:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
FILEONLY *externalfunctions;
FILEONLY *symbolsonly;
-typedef void FILELINE(char * file, signed char * line);
+typedef void FILELINE(char * file, char * line);
FILELINE * singlefunctions;
FILELINE * entity_system;
@@ -148,9 +148,9 @@
* Files are separated by tabs.
*/
void adddep(char * file) { printf("\t%s", file); }
-void adddep2(char * file, signed char * line) { line = line; adddep(file); }
+void adddep2(char * file, char * line) { line = line; adddep(file); }
void noaction(char * line) { line = line; }
-void noaction2(char * file, signed char * line) { file = file; line = line; }
+void noaction2(char * file, char * line) { file = file; line = line; }
/* Echo the line without further action */
void printline(char * line) { printf("%s", line); }
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@
perror(real_filename);
}
while(fgets(line, MAXLINESZ, fp)) {
- signed char *p;
- signed char *e;
+ char *p;
+ char *e;
if (((p = strstr(line, "EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL")) != 0) ||
((p = strstr(line, "EXPORT_SYMBOL")) != 0)) {
/* Skip EXPORT_SYMBOL{_GPL} */
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
* Call kernel-doc with the following parameters:
* kernel-doc -docbook -function function1 [-function function2]
*/
-void singfunc(char * filename, signed char * line)
+void singfunc(char * filename, char * line)
{
char *vec[200]; /* Enough for specific functions */
int i, idx = 0;
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
void parse_file(FILE *infile)
{
char line[MAXLINESZ];
- signed char * s;
+ char * s;
while(fgets(line, MAXLINESZ, infile)) {
if (line[0] == '!') {
s = line + 2;
--- linux-2.6.12-rc5-mm1/scripts/basic/split-include.c.orig 2005-05-28 00:08:02.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.12-rc5-mm1/scripts/basic/split-include.c 2005-05-28 00:08:52.000000000 +0200
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
/* Read config lines. */
while (fgets(line, buffer_size, fp_config))
{
- const signed char * str_config;
+ const char * str_config;
int is_same;
int itarget;
--
J.A. Magallon <jamagallon()able!es> \ Software is like sex:
werewolf!able!es \ It's better when it's free
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Linux 2.6.11-jam20 (gcc 4.0.0 (4.0.0-3mdk for Mandriva Linux release 2006.0))
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