linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Staging: rtl8723au: os_intfs: fixed case statement is variable issue

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Message-ID: <1471177398.5201.9.camel@perches.com>
Date:	Sun, 14 Aug 2016 05:23:18 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	sunbing <sunbing@...flag-linux.com>,
	Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@...hat.com>
Cc:	Larry.Finger@...inger.net, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sunbing.linux@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staging: rtl8723au: os_intfs: fixed case statement is
 variable issue

On Sun, 2016-08-14 at 14:15 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > 
> > It's a sparse defect.
> > 
> > Try again after patching sparse with Jes' patch:
> > http://marc.info/?l=linux-sparse&m=147091200720267&w=3
> Mine, not Jes's ;-)

Right, sorry 'bout that.

> But there's another patch going into the kernel to fix it:
> 
> https://www.ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/byteswap-dont-use-__builtin_bswap-with-sparse.patch

Thanks.

Maybe this test should be sparse version checked after
sparse is updated.