[Xen-bugs] [Bug 369] New: make world gives compilation errors with gcc 4.0.0

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           Summary: make world gives compilation errors with gcc 4.0.0
           Product: Xen
           Version: 2.0
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Unspecified
        AssignedTo: xen-bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: jblom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx


1. When running "make world" at "Fedora Core release 4 (Stentz)" using gcc
version "4.0.0 20050519 (Red Hat 4.0.0-8)" at a dual Xeon processor system the
compilation failes when including line 175

    extern struct tss_struct init_tss[NR_CPUS];

from file "./xen/include/asm/processor.h" with the message

    error: array type has incomplete element type

The reason is that "struct tss_struct" is defined later in that file. For gcc 4
it is an error to have an array of still undefined struct elements while gcc 3.X
does accept this. The problem can be solved by changing line 175 into

    extern struct tss_struct *init_tss

or moving this line after the definition of "tss_struct"

2. There are at various places mismatches between function arguments where
"unsigned char *" is expected and "char *" is supplied or reversely. With
options "-Wall -error" this is leading to compiler failures at gcc 4, while gcc
3.X is accepting these mismatches.

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