Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 03:26:39 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: mrcpu@cdsnet.net (Jaye Mathisen) Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Some fundamental datatype change? Excessive unsigned vs signed compare warnings on kernel builds. Message-ID: <199611100826.DAA11968@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.961109235556.17638D-100000@mail.cdsnet.net> from "Jaye Mathisen" at Nov 9, 96 11:59:06 pm
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> > > I haven't actually watched a full kernel build in a while, just copying > the result to /. However, I've been messing with Justin's new AHC code, > and just happened to watch a compile of a -current downloaded around 11/7, > and there's lots of warnings about compares of unsigned vs. signed. > > Normally these don't worry me, but there were numerous ones in the FS > stuff, a few in the vm section, and oodles in the NFS stuff. Just seems > unhealthy. > Yep, I kind-of agree with you. I certainly will be cleaning up the VM stuff (and perhaps some of the VFS stuff) soon. Probably will not make it into 2.2-RELEASE though. The messages are indicating potential problems that have been generally checked out. The problem is that it requires careful consideration/coordination to clean-em up. John
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