[LTP] [PATCH] ksm05: Fix build warning/error with -Wnull-dereference
Petr Vorel
pvorel@suse.cz
Mon Jun 25 16:10:40 CEST 2018
Hi Alistair,
> Using the Android clang build, which uses -Werror -Wnull-dereference,
> the following error is seen:
> testcases/kernel/mem/ksm/ksm05.c:81:3: error: indirection of
> non-volatile null pointer will be deleted, not trap
> [-Werror,-Wnull-dereference]
> *(char *)NULL = 0; /* SIGSEGV occurs as expected. */
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
> testcases/kernel/mem/ksm/ksm05.c:81:3: note: consider using
> __builtin_trap() or qualifying pointer with 'volatile'
> 1 error generated.
> Change it to "volatile char *" which avoids this build issue, without
> negatively affecting the test.
> Signed-off-by: Alistair Strachan <astrachan@google.com>
Pushed, thanks for your patch.
Kind regards,
Petr
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