There are many compiler warnings like this, In file included from ./arch/x86/include/asm/smp.h:13, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/mmzone_64.h:11, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/mmzone.h:5, from ./include/linux/mmzone.h:969, from ./include/linux/gfp.h:6, from ./include/linux/mm.h:10, from arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c:34: arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c: In function 'check_timer': ./arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h:37:11: warning: comparison of unsigned expression >= 0 is always true [-Wtype-limits] if ((v) <= apic_verbosity) \ ^~ arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c:2160:2: note: in expansion of macro 'apic_printk' apic_printk(APIC_QUIET, KERN_INFO "..TIMER: vector=0x%02X " ^~~~~~~~~~~ ./arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h:37:11: warning: comparison of unsigned expression >= 0 is always true [-Wtype-limits] if ((v) <= apic_verbosity) \ ^~ arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c:2207:4: note: in expansion of macro 'apic_printk' apic_printk(APIC_QUIET, KERN_ERR "..MP-BIOS bug: " ^~~~~~~~~~~
APIC_QUIET is 0, so silence them by making "apic_verbosity" an "int" which is a simpler fix than adding more checks in apic_printk(). Signed-off-by: Qian Cai <c...@lca.pw> --- arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h | 2 +- arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h index 1340fa53b575..2e599384abd8 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static inline void generic_apic_probe(void) #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC -extern unsigned int apic_verbosity; +extern int apic_verbosity; extern int local_apic_timer_c2_ok; extern int disable_apic; diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c index 85be316665b4..1e49de432c4c 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c @@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static __init int setup_apicpmtimer(char *s) /* * Debug level, exported for io_apic.c */ -unsigned int apic_verbosity; +int apic_verbosity; int pic_mode; -- 1.8.3.1