linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: usbdux: fix sparse endianness warnings

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Date:	Sun, 31 Aug 2014 14:09:49 -0500
From:	Chase Southwood <chase.southwood@...il.com>
To:	Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
Cc:	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>,
	"devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: usbdux: fix sparse endianness warnings

On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 5:40 AM, Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk> wrote:
>
> That seems fine.  Perhaps the variable 'p' in usbdux_ao_insn_write() should
> also be of type '__le16 *'?
>

You're entirely correct.  I had seen this in the output from Sparse,
but for some reason at first glance I had convinced myself that the
fix would be more complicated than it is.  I'll get a patch out with a
Suggested-by: tag for you very soon.

Thanks,
Chase

> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
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