Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] ArmPkg/ArmMmuLib: Explicitly cast function pointer argument

["Ard Biesheuvel" <ard.biesheuvel@arm.com>]

On 10/20/20 12:12 AM, michael.kubacki@outlook.com wrote:
> From: Michael Kubacki <michael.kubacki@microsoft.com>
> 
> The function ArmReplaceLiveTranslationEntry () is passed as a VOID
> pointer to WriteBackDataCacheRange (). This produces the following
> warning on VS2019:
> 
> warning C4152: nonstandard extension, function/data pointer
> conversion in expression
> 
> This change explicitly casts the argument to the formal parameter
> type VOID*.
> 
> This can be reproduced with the following build command:
> build -b DEBUG -a AARCH64 -t VS2019 -p ArmPkg/ArmPkg.dsc
> -m ArmPkg/Library/ArmMmuLib/ArmMmuPeiLib.inf
> 
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@arm.com>
> Cc: Leif Lindholm <leif@nuviainc.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Kubacki <michael.kubacki@microsoft.com>

Thanks Michael

Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@arm.com>

But please, in the future, don't put spaces after () casts.

I have pushed this patch and '[PATCH v1 1/1] ArmPkg/ArmMmuLib: 
Explicitly cast UINT32 data conversions' as #1042.

Thanks,


> ---
> 
> Notes:
>      V2 changes:
>      
>      1. Added a cast to UINTN prior to casting to VOID*.
>      
>         This also makes the change consistent with a very similar change
>         in commit 654dc3ed852a.
> 
>   ArmPkg/Library/ArmMmuLib/AArch64/ArmMmuPeiLibConstructor.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/ArmPkg/Library/ArmMmuLib/AArch64/ArmMmuPeiLibConstructor.c b/ArmPkg/Library/ArmMmuLib/AArch64/ArmMmuPeiLibConstructor.c
> index 80317923cfa4..5f259d216420 100644
> --- a/ArmPkg/Library/ArmMmuLib/AArch64/ArmMmuPeiLibConstructor.c
> +++ b/ArmPkg/Library/ArmMmuLib/AArch64/ArmMmuPeiLibConstructor.c
> @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ ArmMmuPeiLibConstructor (
>       // The ArmReplaceLiveTranslationEntry () helper function may be invoked
>       // with the MMU off so we have to ensure that it gets cleaned to the PoC
>       //
> -    WriteBackDataCacheRange (ArmReplaceLiveTranslationEntry,
> +    WriteBackDataCacheRange ((VOID *) (UINTN) ArmReplaceLiveTranslationEntry,
>         ArmReplaceLiveTranslationEntrySize);
>     }
>   
>