Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: Fix incorrect type assignment

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Hello,

On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 6:43 PM, Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 07/02/17 19:06, Karthik Nayak wrote:
>>
>> This patch fixes the following sparse error:
>> drivers/staging/comedi/drivers//ni_pcimio.c:1229:32: warning: incorrect
>> type in assignment (different base types)
>> drivers/staging/comedi/drivers//ni_pcimio.c:1229:32:    expected
>> restricted __be32 [usertype] serial_number
>> drivers/staging/comedi/drivers//ni_pcimio.c:1229:32:    got unsigned int
>>
>> This is done by introducing a temporary variable which is of type
>> '__be32' and converting the existing variable to type 'unsigned int'.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <Karthik.188@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_pcimio.c | 5 +++--
>>  drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_stc.h    | 2 +-
>>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_pcimio.c
>> b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_pcimio.c
>> index cdb66eab1292..4f45a5c230ad 100644
>> --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_pcimio.c
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_pcimio.c
>> @@ -1207,6 +1207,7 @@ static void m_series_init_eeprom_buffer(struct
>> comedi_device *dev)
>>         unsigned int old_iodwbsr_bits;
>>         unsigned int old_iodwbsr1_bits;
>>         unsigned int old_iodwcr1_bits;
>> +       __be32 serial_number;
>>         int i;
>>
>>         /* IO Window 1 needs to be temporarily mapped to read the eeprom
>> */
>> @@ -1223,10 +1224,10 @@ static void m_series_init_eeprom_buffer(struct
>> comedi_device *dev)
>>
>>         BUG_ON(serial_number_eeprom_length >
>> sizeof(devpriv->serial_number));
>>         for (i = 0; i < serial_number_eeprom_length; ++i) {
>> -               char *byte_ptr = (char *)&devpriv->serial_number + i;
>> +               char *byte_ptr = (char *)&serial_number + i;
>>                 *byte_ptr = ni_readb(dev, serial_number_eeprom_offset +
>> i);
>>         }
>> -       devpriv->serial_number = be32_to_cpu(devpriv->serial_number);
>> +       devpriv->serial_number = be32_to_cpu(serial_number);
>>
>>         for (i = 0; i < M_SERIES_EEPROM_SIZE; ++i)
>>                 devpriv->eeprom_buffer[i] = ni_readb(dev, Start_Cal_EEPROM
>> + i);
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_stc.h
>> b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_stc.h
>> index f27b545f83eb..b5eca0da71eb 100644
>> --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_stc.h
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_stc.h
>> @@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ struct ni_private {
>>
>>         unsigned short ai_fifo_buffer[0x2000];
>>         u8 eeprom_buffer[M_SERIES_EEPROM_SIZE];
>> -       __be32 serial_number;
>> +       unsigned int serial_number;
>>
>>         struct mite *mite;
>>         struct mite_channel *ai_mite_chan;
>>
>
> That looks fine, thanks!
>
> (On a side note, nothing actually uses serial number, so the code that reads
> it from the EEPROM could just be ripped out.)
>
> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx>
>

Yea, I saw that, was assuming there might be a purposed use case scenario.

Do you want me to send another patch?

-- 
Regards,
Karthik Nayak
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