linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 7/8] video: xilinxfb: Fix sparse warnings

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Date:	Fri, 31 May 2013 16:56:44 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	monstr@...str.eu
Cc:	Timur Tabi <timur@...i.org>,
	Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@...osoft.com>,
	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>,
	linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 7/8] video: xilinxfb: Fix sparse warnings

On Friday 31 May 2013 16:22:24 Michal Simek wrote:
> @@ -307,7 +319,11 @@ static int xilinxfb_assign(struct platform_device *pdev,
> 
>         /* Fill struct fb_info */
>         drvdata->info.device = dev;
> -       drvdata->info.screen_base = (void __iomem *)drvdata->fb_virt;
> +       if (drvdata->fb_virt)
> +               drvdata->info.screen_base = (__force void __iomem *)
> +                                                       drvdata->fb_virt;
> +       else
> +               drvdata->info.screen_base = drvdata->fb_virt_io;

Yes, unfortunately, this is what all other frame buffer drivers do
at the moment. It is technically not correct, but most architectures
are able to call readl/writel on regular memory, or dereference
__iomem tokens, so we often get away with it. It's probably not
worth fixing it in the fbdev code base as that would be a huge
change, and people are migrating to DRM/KMS.

	Arnd
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