linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging:fbtft/fbtft-io: Fix incorrect type in assignment

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Message-ID: <20170323133131.GA22558@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 23 Mar 2017 14:31:31 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Zhengyi Shen <shenzhengyi@...il.com>
Cc:     Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging:fbtft/fbtft-io: Fix incorrect type in assignment

On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 03:08:38PM +0800, Zhengyi Shen wrote:
> Fix endian sparse warnings of incorrect type in assignment.
> This patch changes type to the appropriate endian specific versions.
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhengyi Shen <shenzhengyi@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-io.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-io.c b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-io.c
> index d868405..ffb9a3b 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-io.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-io.c
> @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ int fbtft_write_spi_emulate_9(struct fbtft_par *par, void *buf, size_t len)
>  			src++;
>  		}
>  		tmp |= ((*src & 0x0100) ? 1 : 0);
> -		*(u64 *)dst = cpu_to_be64(tmp);
> +		*(__be64 *)dst = cpu_to_be64(tmp);

Really?  I need an ack from a maintainer of this code before I'll take
this mess...

thanks,

greg k-h