linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] virtio_blk: zone append in header type tweak

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Date:   Tue, 20 Dec 2022 22:56:00 +0000
From:   Chaitanya Kulkarni <chaitanyak@...dia.com>
To:     "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        "virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
        <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        "linux-block@...r.kernel.org" <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio_blk: zone append in header type tweak

On 12/20/22 04:52, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> virtio blk returns a 64 bit append_sector in an input buffer,
> in LE format. This field is not tagged as LE correctly, so
> even though the generated code is ok, we get warnings from sparse:
> 
> drivers/block/virtio_blk.c:332:33: sparse: sparse: cast to restricted __le64
> 
> Make sparse happy by using the correct type.
> 

Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@...dia.com>

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