linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: usbdux: fix more sparse endianness warnings

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Message-ID: <5404365F.5060306@mev.co.uk>
Date:	Mon, 1 Sep 2014 10:03:27 +0100
From:	Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
To:	Chase Southwood <chase.southwood@...il.com>,
	<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:	<hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>, <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: usbdux: fix more sparse endianness warnings

On 2014-08-31 20:44, Chase Southwood wrote:
> Sparse shows a couple of warnings like:
>
> drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/usbdux.c:889:20: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
> drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/usbdux.c:889:20:    expected unsigned short [unsigned] [short] [usertype] <noident>
> drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/usbdux.c:889:20:    got restricted __le16 [usertype] <noident>
>
> This is the result of a couple of calls to cpu_to_le16() being assigned to
> uint16_t typed variables.  Switch the types of these variables/pointers to
> __le16 accordingly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chase Southwood <chase.southwood@...il.com>
> Suggested-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
> Cc: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>
> ---
>
>   drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/usbdux.c | 4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>

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