linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] linux/types.h: Restore the ability to disable sparse endianness checks

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Date:   Mon, 23 Oct 2017 21:22:31 +0300
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@....com>
Cc:     "mst@...hat.com" <mst@...hat.com>,
        "torvalds@...ux-foundation.org" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        "hch@...radead.org" <hch@...radead.org>,
        "akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] linux/types.h: Restore the ability to disable sparse
 endianness checks

On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 09:26:36PM +0000, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On Mon, 2017-10-16 at 22:57 +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 10:26:33AM -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote:

<...>

>
> > > Examples are drivers/scsi/qla2xxx and drivers/infiniband/hw/nes.
> >
> > These seem to be actively maintained. So post a patch, maintainers
> > can look at the spec to help make sure annotations are right.
>
> I don't have the time to delve deep in these two and the many other kernel
> drivers that are not endianness clean. So please stop telling *me* that *I*
> have to fix the endianness annotations in these drivers.

With all my respect, but authors of drivers/infiniband/hw/nes are not
showing any attempts to make that driver endianness clean. It works for them
and they have no worries about static analyzer tools output, so why Bart
should do it?

Thanks

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