linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fbdev: da8xx-fb: remove incorrect type cast

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Message-ID: <56AB5030.5040203@ti.com>
Date:	Fri, 29 Jan 2016 13:42:40 +0200
From:	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
CC:	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@...osoft.com>,
	<linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fbdev: da8xx-fb: remove incorrect type cast



On 25/01/16 17:05, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The probe function correct passes a dma_addr_t pointer into
> dma_alloc_coherent(), but has a cast to resource_size_t, which
> might be different from dma_addr_t:
> 
> drivers/video/fbdev/da8xx-fb.c: In function 'fb_probe':
> drivers/video/fbdev/da8xx-fb.c:1431:10: error: passing argument 3 of 'dma_alloc_coherent' from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
> 
> This removes the cast, which avoids the warning.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
>  drivers/video/fbdev/da8xx-fb.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Thanks, queued for 4.5 fixes.

 Tomi


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