linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] batman-adv: remove unnecessary type castings

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Date:   Fri, 22 Apr 2022 13:07:20 +0800
From:   kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
To:     Yu Zhe <yuzhe@...china.com>, mareklindner@...mailbox.ch,
        sw@...onwunderlich.de, a@...table.cc, sven@...fation.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com
Cc:     kbuild-all@...ts.01.org, b.a.t.m.a.n@...ts.open-mesh.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        liqiong@...china.com, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Yu Zhe <yuzhe@...china.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] batman-adv: remove unnecessary type castings

Hi Yu,

Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve:

[auto build test WARNING on linus/master]
[also build test WARNING on v5.18-rc3 next-20220421]
[If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch]

url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Yu-Zhe/batman-adv-remove-unnecessary-type-castings/20220421-235254
base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git b253435746d9a4a701b5f09211b9c14d3370d0da
config: parisc-randconfig-s031-20220421 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20220422/202204221227.5z0xsJa9-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: hppa-linux-gcc (GCC) 11.2.0
reproduce:
        wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
        chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.4-dirty
        # https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commit/2474b41c585e849d3546e0aba8f3c862735a04ff
        git remote add linux-review https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux
        git fetch --no-tags linux-review Yu-Zhe/batman-adv-remove-unnecessary-type-castings/20220421-235254
        git checkout 2474b41c585e849d3546e0aba8f3c862735a04ff
        # save the config file
        mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config
        COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-11.2.0 make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=parisc SHELL=/bin/bash net/batman-adv/

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 >>)
>> net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c:68:42: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different modifiers) @@     expected struct batadv_bla_claim *claim @@     got void const *data @@
   net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c:68:42: sparse:     expected struct batadv_bla_claim *claim
   net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c:68:42: sparse:     got void const *data
>> net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c:68:42: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different modifiers) @@     expected struct batadv_bla_claim *claim @@     got void const *data @@
   net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c:68:42: sparse:     expected struct batadv_bla_claim *claim
   net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c:68:42: sparse:     got void const *data
--
>> net/batman-adv/translation-table.c:109:12: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different modifiers) @@     expected struct batadv_tt_common_entry *tt @@     got void const *data @@
   net/batman-adv/translation-table.c:109:12: sparse:     expected struct batadv_tt_common_entry *tt
   net/batman-adv/translation-table.c:109:12: sparse:     got void const *data
>> net/batman-adv/translation-table.c:109:12: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different modifiers) @@     expected struct batadv_tt_common_entry *tt @@     got void const *data @@
   net/batman-adv/translation-table.c:109:12: sparse:     expected struct batadv_tt_common_entry *tt
   net/batman-adv/translation-table.c:109:12: sparse:     got void const *data

vim +68 net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c

    53	
    54	static void batadv_bla_periodic_work(struct work_struct *work);
    55	static void
    56	batadv_bla_send_announce(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
    57				 struct batadv_bla_backbone_gw *backbone_gw);
    58	
    59	/**
    60	 * batadv_choose_claim() - choose the right bucket for a claim.
    61	 * @data: data to hash
    62	 * @size: size of the hash table
    63	 *
    64	 * Return: the hash index of the claim
    65	 */
    66	static inline u32 batadv_choose_claim(const void *data, u32 size)
    67	{
  > 68		struct batadv_bla_claim *claim = data;
    69		u32 hash = 0;
    70	
    71		hash = jhash(&claim->addr, sizeof(claim->addr), hash);
    72		hash = jhash(&claim->vid, sizeof(claim->vid), hash);
    73	
    74		return hash % size;
    75	}
    76	

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