On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 4:00 PM Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 08:32:33AM +0000, Thiebaud Weksteen wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 5:02 AM Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 12:13:47PM +0200, Thiebaud Weksteen wrote:
> > > > Signed-off-by: Thiebaud Weksteen <tweek@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > drivers/char/tpm/tpm_eventlog_of.c | 4 ++--
> > > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_eventlog_of.c
> > b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_eventlog_of.c
> > > > index 96fd5646f866..d74568d58a66 100644
> > > > +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_eventlog_of.c
> > > > @@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ int tpm_read_log_of(struct tpm_chip *chip)
> > > > * but physical tpm needs the conversion.
> > > > */
> > > > if (of_property_match_string(np, "compatible", "IBM,vtpm") <
0) {
> > > > - size = be32_to_cpup(sizep);
> > > > - base = be64_to_cpup(basep);
> > > > + size = be32_to_cpup((__be32 *)sizep);
> > > > + base = be64_to_cpup((__be64 *)basep);
> >
> > > Er, no.. change the definitions of sizep and basep to be __be
> >
> > > Jason
> >
> > Please read the comment before the condition. sizep and
> > basep may contain either little endian or big endian and this block is
used
> > to adjust that. Let me know if there is a better way for handling this.
> Well a cast like that will throw sparse warnings, you need __force at
> least
> Jason
I don't think so. Since the variable is only defined as u32*, no specific
warning is generated. I've used `make C=2 drivers/char/tpm/` with this
patch applied and no new warning is being triggered.
