Hi Sanjay, I love your patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on linus/master] [also build test WARNING on v5.5-rc3 next-20191220] [if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improve the system. BTW, we also suggest to use '--base' option to specify the base tree in git format-patch, please see https://stackoverflow.com/a/37406982] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Sanjay-R-Mehta/Add-AMD-PassThru-DMA-Engine-driver/20191227-234539 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git 46cf053efec6a3a5f343fead837777efe8252a46 reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.1-129-g341daf20-dirty make ARCH=x86_64 allmodconfig make C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>) >> drivers/dma/ptdma/ptdma-dev.c:151:25: sparse: sparse: cast from restricted __le32 >> drivers/dma/ptdma/ptdma-dev.c:151:23: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different base types) >> drivers/dma/ptdma/ptdma-dev.c:151:23: sparse: expected unsigned int [usertype] >> drivers/dma/ptdma/ptdma-dev.c:151:23: sparse: got restricted __le32 [usertype] drivers/dma/ptdma/ptdma-dev.c:180:21: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different base types) >> drivers/dma/ptdma/ptdma-dev.c:180:21: sparse: expected restricted __le32 [addressable] [assigned] [usertype] length >> drivers/dma/ptdma/ptdma-dev.c:180:21: sparse: got unsigned long long [usertype] src_len drivers/dma/ptdma/ptdma-dev.c:182:21: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different base types) >> drivers/dma/ptdma/ptdma-dev.c:182:21: sparse: expected restricted __le32 [addressable] [assigned] [usertype] src_lo >> drivers/dma/ptdma/ptdma-dev.c:182:21: sparse: got unsigned int [usertype] drivers/dma/ptdma/ptdma-dev.c:185:21: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different base types) >> drivers/dma/ptdma/ptdma-dev.c:185:21: sparse: expected restricted __le32 [addressable] [assigned] [usertype] dst_lo drivers/dma/ptdma/ptdma-dev.c:185:21: sparse: got unsigned int [usertype] vim +151 drivers/dma/ptdma/ptdma-dev.c 132 133 static int pt_core_execute_cmd(struct ptdma_desc *desc, 134 struct pt_cmd_queue *cmd_q) 135 { 136 u32 *mp; 137 __le32 *dp; 138 u32 tail; 139 int i; 140 int ret = 0; 141 142 if (desc->dw0.soc) { 143 desc->dw0.ioc = 1; 144 desc->dw0.soc = 0; 145 } 146 mutex_lock(&cmd_q->q_mutex); 147 148 mp = (u32 *)&cmd_q->qbase[cmd_q->qidx]; 149 dp = (__le32 *)desc; 150 for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) > 151 mp[i] = cpu_to_le32(dp[i]); /* handle endianness */ 152 153 cmd_q->qidx = (cmd_q->qidx + 1) % cmd_queue_length; 154 155 /* The data used by this command must be flushed to memory */ 156 wmb(); 157 158 /* Write the new tail address back to the queue register */ 159 tail = lower_32_bits(cmd_q->qdma_tail + cmd_q->qidx * Q_DESC_SIZE); 160 iowrite32(tail, cmd_q->reg_tail_lo); 161 162 /* Turn the queue back on using our cached control register */ 163 iowrite32(cmd_q->qcontrol | CMD_Q_RUN, cmd_q->reg_control); 164 mutex_unlock(&cmd_q->q_mutex); 165 166 return ret; 167 } 168 169 int pt_core_perform_passthru(struct pt_cmd_queue *cmd_q, 170 struct pt_passthru_engine *pt_engine) 171 { 172 struct ptdma_desc desc; 173 174 cmd_q->cmd_error = 0; 175 176 memset(&desc, 0, Q_DESC_SIZE); 177 178 desc.dw0.val = CMD_DESC_DW0_VAL; 179 > 180 desc.length = pt_engine->src_len; 181 > 182 desc.src_lo = lower_32_bits(pt_engine->src_dma); 183 desc.dw3.src_hi = upper_32_bits(pt_engine->src_dma); 184 > 185 desc.dst_lo = lower_32_bits(pt_engine->dst_dma); 186 desc.dw5.dst_hi = upper_32_bits(pt_engine->dst_dma); 187 188 return pt_core_execute_cmd(&desc, cmd_q); 189 } 190 --- 0-DAY kernel test infrastructure Open Source Technology Center https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-all@xxxxxxxxxxxx Intel Corporation