linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: octeon: Fix incorrect type in assignment

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Date:   Thu, 10 Oct 2019 07:38:15 +0300
From:   Wambui Karuga <wambui.karugax@...il.com>
To:     outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Wambui Karuga <wambui.karugax@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] staging: octeon: Fix incorrect type in assignment

Fix the following warning generated by sparse in
drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-tx.c:

drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-tx.c:563:50: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-tx.c:563:50:    expected unsigned short [usertype] hw_chksum
drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-tx.c:563:50:    got restricted __wsum [usertype] csum

Warning generated by running:
make C=2 CF="-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__" drivers/staging/octeon/

Signed-off-by: Wambui Karuga <wambui.karugax@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/octeon/octeon-stubs.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/octeon-stubs.h b/drivers/staging/octeon/octeon-stubs.h
index 38954b6c89e1..b2e3c72205dd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/octeon/octeon-stubs.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/octeon-stubs.h
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ union cvmx_pip_wqe_word0 {
 	struct {
 		uint64_t next_ptr:40;
 		uint8_t unused;
-		uint16_t hw_chksum;
+		__wsum hw_chksum;
 	} cn38xx;
 	struct {
 		uint64_t pknd:6;        /* 0..5 */
-- 
2.23.0