linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND] sh: sq: Use the bitmap API when applicable

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Message-ID: <837e9f5e-ca8d-4c93-9a89-d7bdb9bb0240@kili.mountain>
Date:   Tue, 18 Apr 2023 12:39:43 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
To:     John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>
Cc:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
        Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] sh: sq: Use the bitmap API when applicable

On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 10:30:01AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> I have some unpublished Smatch stuff which tries to track "variable x
> is in terms of bit units or byte units etc."  I will try to make a
> static checker rule for this.

Attached.  It prints a warning like this:

drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/cnic.c:667 cnic_init_id_tbl() warn: allocating units of longs instead of bytes 'test_var'

I'll test it out tonight.

regards,
dan carpenter

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