linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/6] staging: sm750fb: Use memset

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Date:	Wed, 11 Mar 2015 11:54:33 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@...il.com>
Cc:	sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com, teddy.wang@...iconmotion.com,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] staging: sm750fb: Use memset_io instead of memset

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 01:28:40AM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> This patch uses memset_io instead of memset when using memset on __iomem
> qualified pointers. This fixes the following sparse warnings:-
> 
> drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c:489:17: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c:490:17: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c:501:17: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c:502:17: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c:833:5: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c:1154:9: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@...il.com>

When I see a patch like this, then I worry, "What if the Sparse
annotations are wrong?  The patch description doesn't say anything about
that."  After review then I think the annotations are correct so that's
fine.

Btw, do you have this hardware?  Are you able to test these changes?

regards,
dan carpenter

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