questions from using lint

[Steve Schlaifer x3171 156/224]

In article <7097 at cca.UUCP>, dewitt at cca.UUCP (Mark DeWitt) writes:
> I have three questions, the first of which was only brought to my
> attention by lint, not caused by it.  
> 
> ............. question 1 deleted
>
> 2.  With the following code--
> 	static int page;
> 
> 	ioctl(0, SOMEINTEGER, (char *)&page);
> 		or
> 	ioctl(0, SOMEINTEGER, (char *)(&page));
> 
> lint says:
> 
> warning: illegal pointer combination.
>
> ......... question 3 deleted
>
When I lint the following on a Ridge 32C under ROS 3.3 (SYSV derivative), 

	#include <stdio.h>

	main() {
	static int page;

	ioctl(0,2,(char *)(&page));
	}

I get

test.c
==============
(7)  warning: main() returns random value to invocation environment


==============
function returns value which is always ignored
    ioctl	

Note that there are no pointer complaints.  Sounds like you have a problem
on your system.  If lint complains about the sample above, I would complain
to the vender.

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