netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 01/11] qede: Fix sparse warnings

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Date:   Mon, 22 May 2017 14:29:03 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     Yuval.Mintz@...ium.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Manish.Chopra@...ium.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 01/11] qede: Fix sparse warnings

From: "Mintz, Yuval" <Yuval.Mintz@...ium.com>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 17:44:12 +0000

>> >> Please.
>> >> 
>> >> This is exactly the problem when such a terse commit message, or lack of any
>> >> message at all as is the case here, occurs.
>> >> 
>> >> I have no idea what removing this method assignment has to do with fixing
>> >> sparse warnings.
>> > 
>> > It's currently defined twice in the qede_dcbnl_ops struct -
> 
>> >Ok, so what's important is that you don't just post a patch with no
>> commit message, just saying "sparse warning fixes."
> 
>> At a minimum, if you're too lazy to explain what exactly each thing
>> is fixing, provide the sparse warnings you are eliminating in the
>> commit message.
> 
> Well, this time it was intentional lazines; Thought it would have been
> wasted reading. But sure, here it is:
> 
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_fp.c:349:34: warning: invalid assignment: |=
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_fp.c:349:34:    left side has type restricted __le16
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_fp.c:349:34:    right side has type int
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_fp.c:1516:50: warning: invalid assignment: |=
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_fp.c:1516:50:    left side has type restricted __le16
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_fp.c:1516:50:    right side has type int
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_fp.c:1525:50: warning: invalid assignment: ^=
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_fp.c:1525:50:    left side has type restricted __le16
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_fp.c:1525:50:    right side has type int
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_fp.c:1590:42: warning: invalid assignment: |=
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_fp.c:1590:42:    left side has type restricted __le16
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_fp.c:1590:42:    right side has type unsigned int
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c:1315:34: warning: invalid assignment: |=
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c:1315:34:    left side has type restricted __le16
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c:1315:34:    right side has type int
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c:1330:13: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c:1330:13:    expected int [signed] [assigned] val
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c:1330:13:    got restricted __le16 [usertype] <noident>
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c:1331:33: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c:1331:33:    expected restricted __le16 [usertype] bd_prod
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c:1331:33:    got int [signed] [assigned] val
> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_roce.c:224:29: warning: symbol 'qede_roce_get_free_event_node' was not declared. Should it be static?
> 
> Do you want us to re-spin the series with the updated commit message?

Where in that log above does it say that the method is defined twice
in qede_dcbnl_ops?

I hate to say this, but this is why I get frustrated with such across
the board cleanups with empty commit messages.