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Date:   Wed, 12 Apr 2023 11:03:43 +0300
From:   Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Michael Jamet <michael.jamet@...el.com>,
        Yehezkel Bernat <YehezkelShB@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] net: thunderbolt: Fix sparse warnings in
 tbnet_xmit_csum_and_map()

On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 02:37:58PM +0200, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 02:58:21PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 01:50:16PM +0200, Simon Horman wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 12:10:48PM +0300, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> > > > Fixes the following warning when the driver is built with sparse checks
> > > > enabled:
> > > > 
> > > > main.c:993:23: warning: incorrect type in initializer (different base types)
> > > > main.c:993:23:    expected restricted __wsum [usertype] wsum
> > > > main.c:993:23:    got restricted __be32 [usertype]
> > > > 
> > > > No functional changes intended.
> > > 
> > > This seems nice.
> > > 
> > > After you posted v1 I was wondering if, as a follow-up, it would be worth
> > > creating a helper for this, say cpu_to_wsum(), as I think this pattern
> > > occurs a few times. I'm thinking of a trivial wrapper around cpu_to_be32().
> > 
> > But it looks like it makes sense to have a standalone series for that matter.
> > I.o.w. it doesn't belong to Thunderbolt (only).
> 
> Yes, agreed.
> 
> I was more asking if it is a good idea than for any changes to this patchset.

I think it is a good idea :) I'll add this to my todo list and will do
at some point if nobody else have already done it.