linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] staging: sm750fb: wrong type for print

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Message-ID: <20150309092209.GB10964@mwanda>
Date:	Mon, 9 Mar 2015 12:22:09 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] staging: sm750fb: wrong type for print

On Sun, Mar 08, 2015 at 06:01:23PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.h b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.h
> index 711676c..2ab7b74 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.h
> @@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ struct lynx_share{
>  		}mtrr;
>  #endif
>  	/* all smi graphic adaptor got below attributes */
> -	resource_size_t vidmem_start;
> -	resource_size_t vidreg_start;
> -	resource_size_t vidmem_size;
> -	resource_size_t vidreg_size;
> +	unsigned long vidmem_start;
> +	unsigned long vidreg_start;
> +	unsigned long vidmem_size;
> +	unsigned long vidreg_size;
>  	volatile unsigned char __iomem * pvReg;
>  	unsigned char __iomem * pvMem;
>  	/* locks*/

This seems like a very risky sort of change.  It's not explained very
well in the changelog.  What's the deal?

regards,
dan carpenter

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