linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] net: stmmac: compare p->des0 and p->des1 with _

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Message-Id: <20230520073428.3781-1-minhuadotchen@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 20 May 2023 15:34:28 +0800
From:   Min-Hua Chen <minhuadotchen@...il.com>
To:     kuba@...nel.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] net: stmmac: compare p->des0 and p->des1 with __le32 type values

Hi Jakub,

>We can make working with sparse easier by making sure it doesn't
>generate false positive warnings :\

It will be good if sparse can handle this case correctly.

>
>> (There are around 7000 sparse warning in ARCH=arm64 defconfig build and
>> sometimes it is hard to remember all the false alarm cases)
>>
>> Could you consider taking this patch, please?
>
>No. We don't take patches to address false positive static
>checker warnings.

No problem.

thanks,
Min-Hua