Re: [PATCH] wireguard (gcc13): cast enum limits members to int in prints

[Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>]

Hi,

On 31. 10. 22, 14:07, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 12:44:24PM +0100, Jiri Slaby (SUSE) wrote:
>> Since gcc13, each member of an enum has the same type as the enum [1]. And
>> that is inherited from its members. Provided "REKEY_AFTER_MESSAGES = 1ULL
>> << 60", the named type is unsigned long.
>>
>> This generates warnings with gcc-13:
>>    error: format '%d' expects argument of type 'int', but argument 6 has type 'long unsigned int'
>>
>> Cast the enum members to int when printing them.
>>
>> Alternatively, we can cast it to ulong (to silence gcc < 12) and use %lu.
>> Alternatively, we can move REKEY_AFTER_MESSAGES away from the enum.
>>
>> [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=36113
> 
> Huh, interesting situation. It's interesting that 1<<60 even works at
> all on old gccs. I guess that in this case, it just takes the type of
> the actual constant, rather than of the enum type?

Exactly, on gcc <= 12, every enum member has a type depending solely on 
its value. And yes, using anything outside <INT_MIN, INT_MAX> is 
undefined (but obviously works). As well as using anything else than 
_constants_.

thanks,
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js
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