A recent generic change now catches such bugs:
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CC arch/mips/rb532/time.o
cc1: warnings being treated as errors
/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.6/git/linux-2.6/arch/mips/rb532/time.c: In function 'plat_time_init':
/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.6/git/linux-2.6/arch/mips/rb532/time.c:55: error: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
/home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.6/git/linux-2.6/arch/mips/rb532/time.c:66: error: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
make[2]: *** [arch/mips/rb532/time.o] Error 1
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Reported-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Adrian Bunk