Hi Punit, [auto build test WARNING on v4.3-rc4 -- if it's inappropriate base, please ignore] reproduce: # apt-get install sparse make ARCH=x86_64 allmodconfig make C=1 CF=-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>) drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c:227:15: sparse: cast to restricted __le16 >> drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c:2010:54: sparse: incorrect type in argument 2 (different base types) drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c:2010:54: expected unsigned char const [usertype] *addr2 drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c:2010:54: got struct wlan_bssid_ex network drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c: In function 'r871x_get_ap_info': drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c:2010:32: error: incompatible type for argument 2 of 'ether_addr_equal' if (!ether_addr_equal(bssid, pnetwork->network)) { ^ In file included from drivers/staging/rtl8712/osdep_service.h:39:0, from drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c:32: include/linux/etherdevice.h:310:20: note: expected 'const u8 * {aka const unsigned char *}' but argument is of type 'struct wlan_bssid_ex' static inline bool ether_addr_equal(const u8 *addr1, const u8 *addr2) ^ vim +2010 drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c 1994 return -EINVAL; 1995 spin_lock_irqsave(&(pmlmepriv->scanned_queue.lock), irqL); 1996 phead = &queue->queue; 1997 plist = phead->next; 1998 while (1) { 1999 if (end_of_queue_search(phead, plist) == true) 2000 break; 2001 pnetwork = LIST_CONTAINOR(plist, struct wlan_network, list); 2002 if (hwaddr_aton_i(data, bssid)) { 2003 netdev_info(dev, "r8712u: Invalid BSSID '%s'.\n", 2004 (u8 *)data); 2005 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&(pmlmepriv->scanned_queue.lock), 2006 irqL); 2007 return -EINVAL; 2008 } 2009 netdev_info(dev, "r8712u: BSSID:%pM\n", bssid); > 2010 if (!ether_addr_equal(bssid, pnetwork->network)) { 2011 /* BSSID match, then check if supporting wpa/wpa2 */ 2012 pbuf = r8712_get_wpa_ie(&pnetwork->network.IEs[12], 2013 &wpa_ielen, pnetwork->network.IELength-12); 2014 if (pbuf && (wpa_ielen > 0)) { 2015 pdata->flags = 1; 2016 break; 2017 } 2018 pbuf = r8712_get_wpa2_ie(&pnetwork->network.IEs[12], --- 0-DAY kernel test infrastructure Open Source Technology Center https://lists.01.org/pipermail/kbuild-all Intel Corporation _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel