linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: unisys: fix sparse warnings

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Date:   Tue, 7 Mar 2017 22:48:03 +0100
From:   Andrea Ghittino <aghittino@...il.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, david.kershner@...sys.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, sparmaintainer@...sys.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: unisys: fix sparse warnings

On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 11:17:36PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 04, 2017 at 06:20:50PM +0100, Andrea Ghittino wrote:
> > Sparse generates two warnings related to incorrect type in assignment.
> > This patch changes the types in the struct defined in unisys
> 
> Can you post the Sparse warning?  Otherwise when I'm reviewing this
> code I have to re-run Sparse to see what you're talking about.
> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter
Here you can find sparse warnings:

drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c:844:50: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c:844:50:    expected unsigned short [unsigned] [usertype] protocol
drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c:844:50:    got restricted __be16 [usertype] protocol
drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c:855:46: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c:855:46:    expected unsigned int [unsigned] [usertype] csum
drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c:855:46:    got restricted __wsum [usertype] csum

andrea