linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] sparc32: srmmu: improve type safety of __nocache

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Date:   Tue, 21 Jul 2020 18:26:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     rppt@...nel.org
Cc:     sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rppt@...ux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] sparc32: srmmu: improve type safety of
 __nocache_fix()

From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 11:16:51 +0300

> From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> As discussed at [1] the __nocache_fix() macro in sparc's SRMMU can be made
> type safe and so the compiler will yell anout misuse of pXd pointers for
> which the __nocache_fix() is primarily used.
> 
> The first patch is an fix of such misuse that I've discovered after adding
> type cast to __nocache_fix(), but to avoid breaking bisection I've made it
> the first commit.
> 
> v2: rebased on v5.8-rc2+

Series applied, thanks Mike.