linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 18/24] mlxbf-tmfifo: sparse tags for config access

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Date:   Tue, 4 Aug 2020 16:56:34 +0200
From:   Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>
To:     "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Vadim Pasternak <vadimp@...lanox.com>,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 18/24] mlxbf-tmfifo: sparse tags for config access

On Mon, 3 Aug 2020 17:00:01 -0400
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com> wrote:

> mlxbf-tmfifo accesses config space using native types -
> which works for it since the legacy virtio native types.
> 
> This will break if it ever needs to support modern virtio,
> so with new tags previously introduced for virtio net config,
> sparse now warns for this in drivers.
> 
> Since this is a legacy only device, fix it up using
> virtio_legacy_is_little_endian for now.

I'm wondering if the driver should make this more explicit?

No issues with the patch, though.

> 
> No functional changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-tmfifo.c | 13 ++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>