linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI, APEI, Fix use resource

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Message-ID: <CAJZ5v0jsV3Przvn5LfchbiBQU3HK9G+hW9iOb4cHhzvbiWKPzA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 16 Dec 2017 11:34:42 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Vasyl Gomonovych <gomonovych@...il.com>
Cc:     Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI, APEI, Fix use resource_size

On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 12:07:30AM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>> Which is exactly why you've got this question at all. ;-)
>
> So you're saying, you've got your minions to do review for you - you can
> lay back and play all managerial now, huh?
>
> :-P
>
>> OK, let's queue it up for 4.16, then.
>
> Yeah, just keep an eye on reports of mapping errors...

This appears to cause sparse to complain:
drivers/acpi/apei/apei-base.c:509:21: sparse: incorrect type in
argument 1 (different base types)

It looks like that's a false-positive to me, though.