Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH 1/6] staging: wlan-ng: Fix sparse warning of restricted __le16

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On Thu, 2 Mar 2017, SIMRAN SINGHAL wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 2 Mar 2017, Julia Lawall wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, 2 Mar 2017, simran singhal wrote:
> >>
> >> > This patch fixes the following sparse warning:
> >> > warning: cast to restricted __le16
> >>
> >> You commit message should not say just fix X.  What have you done to carry
> >> out the fix and why is this the correct approach?
> >
> > This comment applies to all of the patches in the series.
> >
> > julia
> >
> The changes and sparse warnings for them seems reasonable to me as
> after doing the
> change sparse was not showing error like cast to __le16 or something like this.
> Also it compiled perfectly.

This doesn't mean that it actually works.  The function calls at least may
have been put there for a reason.  Maysbe you can find other patches that
relate to this call and see what they do.

julia


> >>
> >> julia
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Signed-off-by: simran singhal <singhalsimran0@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> > ---
> >> >  drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2sta.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------
> >> >  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> >> >
> >> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2sta.c b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2sta.c
> >> > index 984804b..82d3a70 100644
> >> > --- a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2sta.c
> >> > +++ b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2sta.c
> >> > @@ -372,10 +372,9 @@ static int prism2sta_mlmerequest(struct wlandevice *wlandev,
> >> >                     qualmsg->noise.status =
> >> >                         P80211ENUM_msgitem_status_data_ok;
> >> >
> >> > -                   qualmsg->link.data = le16_to_cpu(hw->qual.cq_curr_bss);
> >> > -                   qualmsg->level.data =
> >> > -                           le16_to_cpu(hw->qual.asl_curr_bss);
> >> > -                   qualmsg->noise.data = le16_to_cpu(hw->qual.anl_curr_fc);
> >> > +                   qualmsg->link.data = hw->qual.cq_curr_bss;
> >> > +                   qualmsg->level.data = hw->qual.asl_curr_bss;
> >> > +                   qualmsg->noise.data = hw->qual.anl_curr_fc;
> >> >                     qualmsg->txrate.data = hw->txrate;
> >> >
> >> >                     break;
> >> > @@ -603,10 +602,10 @@ static int prism2sta_getcardinfo(struct wlandevice *wlandev)
> >> >     }
> >> >
> >> >     /* get all the nic id fields in host byte order */
> >> > -   hw->ident_nic.id = le16_to_cpu(hw->ident_nic.id);
> >> > -   hw->ident_nic.variant = le16_to_cpu(hw->ident_nic.variant);
> >> > -   hw->ident_nic.major = le16_to_cpu(hw->ident_nic.major);
> >> > -   hw->ident_nic.minor = le16_to_cpu(hw->ident_nic.minor);
> >> > +   hw->ident_nic.id = hw->ident_nic.id;
> >> > +   hw->ident_nic.variant = hw->ident_nic.variant;
> >> > +   hw->ident_nic.major = hw->ident_nic.major;
> >> > +   hw->ident_nic.minor = hw->ident_nic.minor;
> >> >
> >> >     netdev_info(wlandev->netdev, "ident: nic h/w: id=0x%02x %d.%d.%d\n",
> >> >                 hw->ident_nic.id, hw->ident_nic.major,
> >> > @@ -622,10 +621,10 @@ static int prism2sta_getcardinfo(struct wlandevice *wlandev)
> >> >     }
> >> >
> >> >     /* get all the private fw id fields in host byte order */
> >> > -   hw->ident_pri_fw.id = le16_to_cpu(hw->ident_pri_fw.id);
> >> > -   hw->ident_pri_fw.variant = le16_to_cpu(hw->ident_pri_fw.variant);
> >> > -   hw->ident_pri_fw.major = le16_to_cpu(hw->ident_pri_fw.major);
> >> > -   hw->ident_pri_fw.minor = le16_to_cpu(hw->ident_pri_fw.minor);
> >> > +   hw->ident_pri_fw.id = hw->ident_pri_fw.id;
> >> > +   hw->ident_pri_fw.variant = hw->ident_pri_fw.variant;
> >> > +   hw->ident_pri_fw.major = hw->ident_pri_fw.major;
> >> > +   hw->ident_pri_fw.minor = hw->ident_pri_fw.minor;
> >> >
> >> >     netdev_info(wlandev->netdev, "ident: pri f/w: id=0x%02x %d.%d.%d\n",
> >> >                 hw->ident_pri_fw.id, hw->ident_pri_fw.major,
> >> > @@ -648,10 +647,10 @@ static int prism2sta_getcardinfo(struct wlandevice *wlandev)
> >> >     }
> >> >
> >> >     /* get all the station fw id fields in host byte order */
> >> > -   hw->ident_sta_fw.id = le16_to_cpu(hw->ident_sta_fw.id);
> >> > -   hw->ident_sta_fw.variant = le16_to_cpu(hw->ident_sta_fw.variant);
> >> > -   hw->ident_sta_fw.major = le16_to_cpu(hw->ident_sta_fw.major);
> >> > -   hw->ident_sta_fw.minor = le16_to_cpu(hw->ident_sta_fw.minor);
> >> > +   hw->ident_sta_fw.id = hw->ident_sta_fw.id;
> >> > +   hw->ident_sta_fw.variant = hw->ident_sta_fw.variant;
> >> > +   hw->ident_sta_fw.major = hw->ident_sta_fw.major;
> >> > +   hw->ident_sta_fw.minor = hw->ident_sta_fw.minor;
> >> >
> >> >     /* strip out the 'special' variant bits */
> >> >     hw->mm_mods = hw->ident_sta_fw.variant & GENMASK(15, 14);
> >> > @@ -683,11 +682,11 @@ static int prism2sta_getcardinfo(struct wlandevice *wlandev)
> >> >     /* get all the Compatibility range, modem interface supplier
> >> >      * fields in byte order
> >> >      */
> >> > -   hw->cap_sup_mfi.role = le16_to_cpu(hw->cap_sup_mfi.role);
> >> > -   hw->cap_sup_mfi.id = le16_to_cpu(hw->cap_sup_mfi.id);
> >> > -   hw->cap_sup_mfi.variant = le16_to_cpu(hw->cap_sup_mfi.variant);
> >> > -   hw->cap_sup_mfi.bottom = le16_to_cpu(hw->cap_sup_mfi.bottom);
> >> > -   hw->cap_sup_mfi.top = le16_to_cpu(hw->cap_sup_mfi.top);
> >> > +   hw->cap_sup_mfi.role = hw->cap_sup_mfi.role;
> >> > +   hw->cap_sup_mfi.id = hw->cap_sup_mfi.id;
> >> > +   hw->cap_sup_mfi.variant = hw->cap_sup_mfi.variant;
> >> > +   hw->cap_sup_mfi.bottom = hw->cap_sup_mfi.bottom;
> >> > +   hw->cap_sup_mfi.top = hw->cap_sup_mfi.top;
> >> >
> >> >     netdev_info(wlandev->netdev,
> >> >                 "MFI:SUP:role=0x%02x:id=0x%02x:var=0x%02x:b/t=%d/%d\n",
> >> > @@ -707,11 +706,11 @@ static int prism2sta_getcardinfo(struct wlandevice *wlandev)
> >> >     /* get all the Compatibility range, controller interface supplier
> >> >      * fields in byte order
> >> >      */
> >> > -   hw->cap_sup_cfi.role = le16_to_cpu(hw->cap_sup_cfi.role);
> >> > -   hw->cap_sup_cfi.id = le16_to_cpu(hw->cap_sup_cfi.id);
> >> > -   hw->cap_sup_cfi.variant = le16_to_cpu(hw->cap_sup_cfi.variant);
> >> > -   hw->cap_sup_cfi.bottom = le16_to_cpu(hw->cap_sup_cfi.bottom);
> >> > -   hw->cap_sup_cfi.top = le16_to_cpu(hw->cap_sup_cfi.top);
> >> > +   hw->cap_sup_cfi.role = hw->cap_sup_cfi.role;
> >> > +   hw->cap_sup_cfi.id = hw->cap_sup_cfi.id;
> >> > +   hw->cap_sup_cfi.variant = hw->cap_sup_cfi.variant;
> >> > +   hw->cap_sup_cfi.bottom = hw->cap_sup_cfi.bottom;
> >> > +   hw->cap_sup_cfi.top = hw->cap_sup_cfi.top;
> >> >
> >> >     netdev_info(wlandev->netdev,
> >> >                 "CFI:SUP:role=0x%02x:id=0x%02x:var=0x%02x:b/t=%d/%d\n",
> >> > --
> >> > 2.7.4
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