linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] staging: vt6655: change type of PortOffset to void _

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Message-ID: <20140722220151.GA29251@kroah.com>
Date:	Tue, 22 Jul 2014 15:01:51 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Guillaume Clement <gclement@...bob.org>
Cc:	Forest Bond <forest@...ttletooquiet.net>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] staging: vt6655: change type of PortOffset to void
 __iomem *

On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 10:08:26PM +0200, Guillaume Clement wrote:
> PortOffset was an unsigned long, but used as an pointer to io
> memory. Sometimes it was not properly cast before use, which caused
> many warning by sparse.
> 
> By updating its type to void __iomem *, and reflecting the changes
> where it is needed, this removes most of those warnings.

Nice job, that's the correct way to fix this.

greg k-h
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