netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] Altera TSE: Fix DMA secriptor length initialization

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Message-ID: <CAP6CguWyFAu7Ge2JXTqqH8qyXGgzgv-TnKszu3joz29_QgfPJw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 29 Apr 2014 09:05:21 +0200
From:	Tobias Klauser <tobias.klauser@...il.com>
To:	Vince Bridgers <vbridgers2013@...il.com>
Cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	nios2-dev <nios2-dev@...ts.rocketboards.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] Altera TSE: Fix DMA secriptor length initialization

On 29 April 2014 00:37, Vince Bridgers <vbridgers2013@...il.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Tobias Klauser
> <tobias.klauser@...il.com> wrote:
>> sgdma_descrip is a function name as well as the name of a struct. In
>> sgdma_initialize(), we should initialize the descriptor length field
>> with the actual length of a descriptor not with the size of the
>> function. In order to prevent such things from happening in the future,
>> rename the function to sgdma_setup_descrip().
>>
>> Found by sparse which yields the following warning:
>>
>> drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_sgdma.c:74:30: warning: expression using sizeof on a function
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>
>> ---
>> v2: patchd rebase against current net tree
>>
>
> Thanks for the patch Tobias. Was the misspelling in the subject line
> an oversight (secriptor -> descriptor) ?

Yes, this was an oversight, sorry. Thanks for pointing out.

Dave, shall I send an updated patch with the correct subject line or can
you fix it up before applying?

Thanks
Tobias
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