Hi Michal, I love your patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on net-next/master] [also build test WARNING on linus/master v5.5 next-20200121] [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/Michal-Kalderon/qed-Utilize-FW-8-42-2-0/20200125-055253 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git 9bbc8be29d66cc34b650510f2c67b5c55235fe5d reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.1-153-g47b6dfef-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/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_debug.c:1916:29: sparse: sparse: restricted __le32 degrades to integer drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_debug.c:1916:58: sparse: sparse: restricted __le32 degrades to integer drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_debug.c:1918:22: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different base types) drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_debug.c:1918:22: sparse: expected unsigned int [assigned] [usertype] addr drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_debug.c:1918:22: sparse: got restricted __le32 [addressable] [usertype] grc_addr drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_debug.c:1920:33: sparse: sparse: restricted __le32 degrades to integer drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_debug.c:2049:65: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 4 (different base types) drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_debug.c:2049:65: sparse: expected unsigned int [usertype] param_val drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_debug.c:2049:65: sparse: got restricted __le32 [addressable] [usertype] timestamp drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_debug.c:5088:25: sparse: sparse: restricted __le16 degrades to integer >> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_debug.c:5920:17: sparse: sparse: symbol 'qed_dbg_ilt_get_dump_buf_size' was not declared. Should it be static? >> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_debug.c:5936:17: sparse: sparse: symbol 'qed_dbg_ilt_dump' was not declared. Should it be static? drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_debug.c:8404:46: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different base types) drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_debug.c:8404:46: sparse: expected unsigned int [usertype] drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_debug.c:8404:46: sparse: got restricted __be32 [assigned] [usertype] val Please review and possibly fold the followup patch. --- 0-DAY kernel test infrastructure Open Source Technology Center https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-all@xxxxxxxxxxxx Intel Corporation