linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] irqchip: crossbar: Fix incorrect type of register size

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Date:   Mon, 6 Mar 2017 16:52:06 +0100
From:   Franck Demathieu <fdemathieu@...il.com>
To:     Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, jason@...edaemon.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] irqchip: crossbar: Fix incorrect type of register size

On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 02:56:14PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 06 2017 at  1:41:06 pm GMT, Franck Demathieu <fdemathieu@...il.com> wrote:
> > The 'size' variable is unsigned according to the dt-bindings.
> > As this variable is used as integer in other places, create a new variable
> > that allows to fix the following sparse issue (-Wtypesign):
> >
> >   drivers/irqchip/irq-crossbar.c:279:52: warning: incorrect type in argument 3 (different signedness)
> >   drivers/irqchip/irq-crossbar.c:279:52:    expected unsigned int [usertype] *out_value
> >   drivers/irqchip/irq-crossbar.c:279:52:    got int *<noident>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Franck Demathieu <fdemathieu@...il.com>
> 
> Are you sitting on more of these patches? If so, could you send them as
> a series instead of one a week? It would make a lot more sense to merge
> them in one go.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	M.
> -- 
> Jazz is not dead, it just smell funny.

irq-crossbar.c is now clean from sparse point-of-view, do not expect
more patches there.

Regards,
F.