linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] tpm_crb: use __le64 annotated variable for response buffer address

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Message-ID: <c440c1eeedc9640d8355606f4935048279bf5b1e.camel@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Sat, 10 Mar 2018 18:01:52 +0200
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
Cc:     Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] tpm_crb: use __le64 annotated variable for response
 buffer address

On Tue, 2018-03-06 at 11:34 +0200, Tomas Winkler wrote:
> use __le64 annotated variable for response buffer address as this is
> read in little endian format form the register.
> 
> This suppresses sparse warning
> drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb.c:558:18: warning: cast to restricted __le64
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>

Tested-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>

/Jarkko