linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: Fix incorrect type assignment

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Date:   Thu, 9 Feb 2017 12:04:33 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        kastolom@...il.com, abbotti@....co.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: Fix incorrect type assignment

On Thu, Feb 09, 2017 at 01:53:56AM +0530, Karthik Nayak wrote:
> This patch fixes the following sparse error:
> drivers/staging/comedi/drivers//ni_pcimio.c:1229:32: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
> drivers/staging/comedi/drivers//ni_pcimio.c:1229:32:    expected restricted __be32 [usertype] serial_number
> drivers/staging/comedi/drivers//ni_pcimio.c:1229:32:    got unsigned int
> 
> This is done by removing the whole code block, since the variable
> 'serial_number' is only assigned but never used.
> 
> Helped-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>

There's no such tag, sorry :(

And does this obsolete all of your other ones?  Please make it obvious
what I am supposed to do here.

I've now dropped all of these patches from my queue.  please resend the
proper one.

thanks,

greg k-h