netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] net: dsa: tag_ocelot: use a short prefix on both ingress and egress

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Message-ID: <CA+h21hqC=wQmgb_pwaJTdZsj5ceL5fMu1OLKp8wix8M-pPg4tQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 12 May 2020 01:44:53 +0300
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] net: dsa: tag_ocelot: use a short prefix on
 both ingress and egress

On Tue, 12 May 2020 at 01:40, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 11 May 2020 23:20:45 +0300 Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> > From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> >
> > There are 2 goals that we follow:
> >
> > - Reduce the header size
> > - Make the header size equal between RX and TX
>
> Getting this from sparse:
>
> ../net/dsa/tag_ocelot.c:185:17: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
> ../net/dsa/tag_ocelot.c:185:17:    expected unsigned int [usertype]
> ../net/dsa/tag_ocelot.c:185:17:    got restricted __be32 [usertype]

I hate this warning :(