netdev - Re: [PATCH] rocker: fix harmless warning on 32-bit machines

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Date:	Tue, 13 Jan 2015 16:56:57 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	arnd@...db.de
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...nulli.us, sfeldma@...il.com,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rocker: fix harmless warning on 32-bit machines

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:23:52 +0100

> The rocker driver tries to assign a pointer to a 64-bit integer
> and then back to a pointer. This is safe on all architectures,
> but causes a compiler warning when pointers are shorter than
> 64-bit:
> 
> rocker/rocker.c: In function 'rocker_desc_cookie_ptr_get':
> rocker/rocker.c:809:9: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
>   return (void *) desc_info->desc->cookie;
>          ^
> 
> This adds another cast to uintptr_t to tell the compiler
> that it's safe.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Applied to net-next, thanks.
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