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Date:   Mon, 22 Jun 2020 17:55:20 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Chi-Hsien Lin <chi-hsien.lin@...ress.com>
Cc:     kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
        Joseph Chuang <joseph.chuang@...ress.com>,
        kbuild-all@...ts.01.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.c:1710:40: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different base types)

Chi-Hsien Lin <chi-hsien.lin@...ress.com> writes:

> On 06/22/2020 10:09, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> + linux-wireless
>>
>> kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com> writes:
>>
>>> tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
>>> head:   5e857ce6eae7ca21b2055cca4885545e29228fe2
>>> commit: 9c29da3f4e7ef9810bdfaf3d8aa5e6d2e33136f8 brcmfmac: Fix P2P
>>> Group Formation failure via Go-neg method
>>> date:   6 weeks ago
>>> config: riscv-randconfig-s032-20200618 (attached as .config)
>>> compiler: riscv64-linux-gcc (GCC) 9.3.0
>>> reproduce:
>>>          # apt-get install sparse
>>>          # sparse version: v0.6.2-rc1-10-gc17b1b06-dirty
>>>          git checkout 9c29da3f4e7ef9810bdfaf3d8aa5e6d2e33136f8
>>>          # save the attached .config to linux build tree
>>>          make W=1 C=1 ARCH=riscv CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__'
>>>
>>> If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
>>> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
>>>
>>>
>>> sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)
>>>
>>>>> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.c:1710:40:
>>>>> sparse: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different base
>>>>> types) @@ expected signed int [usertype] requested_dwell @@ got
>>>>> restricted __le32 [usertype] dwell_time @@
>>>>> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.c:1710:40:
>>>>> sparse: expected signed int [usertype] requested_dwell
>>>>> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/p2p.c:1710:40:
>>>>> sparse: got restricted __le32 [usertype] dwell_time
>>
>> Joseph, please send a followup patch to fix these.
> Kalle,
>
> The fix is this one
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11598109/

Great, thanks.

> Do I need to submit a V2 with "Reported-by: kernel test robot
> <lkp@...el.com>" tag?

No need to send v2. But you can reply to that patch (so that patchwork
sees it) and ask me to add the tag during commit.

-- 
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