linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: wlan-ng: resolve sparse endianness error.

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Message-ID: <20171106153207.glrpatvvg3btssby@darkstar>
Date:   Mon, 6 Nov 2017 07:32:07 -0800
From:   Matthew Giassa <matthew@...ssa.net>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: wlan-ng: resolve sparse endianness error.

* Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> [2017-11-03 12:49:46 +0100]:

>On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 11:06:18PM -0700, Matthew Giassa wrote:
>> Adding le16_to_cpu conversion in prism2sta.c, to resolve outstanding
>> sparse errors as noted in the current TODO in staging-next. Original
>> error:
>>
>>   CHECK   drivers/staging//wlan-ng/prism2usb.c
>> drivers/staging//wlan-ng/prism2sta.c:1450:29: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
>> drivers/staging//wlan-ng/prism2sta.c:1450:29:    expected unsigned short [unsigned] [usertype] link_status_new
>> drivers/staging//wlan-ng/prism2sta.c:1450:29:    got restricted __le16 [usertype] linkstatus
>>
>> Sparse error no longer present after change.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Matthew Giassa <matthew@...ssa.net>
>> ---
>>  drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2sta.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>This does not apply to my tree at all :(

Pardon. Duplicate of patch that had already been submitted, which Dan C.
noted. Patch can be discarded.