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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdXkdNCyNQyWEPEzTYScwqTfv9z_RzFcJDy7VySeiZEmdw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 15 Oct 2019 18:45:13 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     "Ben Dooks (Codethink)" <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...ts.codethink.co.uk,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Yoshihiro Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@...esas.com>,
        Simon Horman <horms+renesas@...ge.net.au>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: renesas_usbhs: fix __le16 warnings

On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 5:50 PM Ben Dooks (Codethink)
<ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk> wrote:
> Fix the warnings generated by casting to/from __le16 without
> using the correct functions.
>
> Fixes the following sparse warnings:
>
> drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/common.c:165:25: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
> drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/common.c:165:25:    expected restricted __le16 [usertype] wValue
> drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/common.c:165:25:    got unsigned short
> drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/common.c:166:25: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
> drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/common.c:166:25:    expected restricted __le16 [usertype] wIndex
> drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/common.c:166:25:    got unsigned short
> drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/common.c:167:25: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
> drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/common.c:167:25:    expected restricted __le16 [usertype] wLength
> drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/common.c:167:25:    got unsigned short
> drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/common.c:173:39: warning: incorrect type in argument 3 (different base types)
> drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/common.c:173:39:    expected unsigned short [usertype] data
> drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/common.c:173:39:    got restricted __le16 [usertype] wValue
> drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/common.c:174:39: warning: incorrect type in argument 3 (different base types)
> drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/common.c:174:39:    expected unsigned short [usertype] data
> drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/common.c:174:39:    got restricted __le16 [usertype] wIndex
> drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/common.c:175:39: warning: incorrect type in argument 3 (different base types)
> drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/common.c:175:39:    expected unsigned short [usertype] data
>
> Note. I belive this to be correct, and should be a no-op on arm.

Yep, the affected platforms are little-endian.

> Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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