Hi Alastair, Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on linus/master] [also build test WARNING on v5.2-rc6 next-20190625] [if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improve the system] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Alastair-D-Silva/Hexdump-Enhancements/20190625-224046 reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.1-rc1-7-g2b96cd8-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 >>) sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-debug.c:191:34: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces) @@ expected void [noderef] <asn:2> *to @@ got eref] <asn:2> *to @@ sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-debug.c:191:34: sparse: expected void [noderef] <asn:2> *to sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-debug.c:191:34: sparse: got unsigned char * sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-debug.c:191:51: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces) @@ expected void const *from @@ got void [noderef] <asn:2> void const *from @@ sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-debug.c:191:51: sparse: expected void const *from sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-debug.c:191:51: sparse: got void [noderef] <asn:2> *[assigned] fw_reg_addr >> sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-debug.c:195:35: sparse: sparse: too many arguments for function hex_dump_to_buffer -- >> drivers/gpu/drm/tinydrm/core/tinydrm-helpers.c:93:27: sparse: sparse: too many arguments for function hex_dump_to_buffer -- >> sound/soc/sof/xtensa/core.c:125:35: sparse: sparse: too many arguments for function hex_dump_to_buffer vim +195 sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-debug.c d14700a0 Vinod Koul 2017-06-30 170 bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 171 static ssize_t fw_softreg_read(struct file *file, char __user *user_buf, bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 172 size_t count, loff_t *ppos) bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 173 { bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 174 struct skl_debug *d = file->private_data; bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 175 struct sst_dsp *sst = d->skl->skl_sst->dsp; bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 176 size_t w0_stat_sz = sst->addr.w0_stat_sz; bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 177 void __iomem *in_base = sst->mailbox.in_base; bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 178 void __iomem *fw_reg_addr; bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 179 unsigned int offset; bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 180 char *tmp; bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 181 ssize_t ret = 0; bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 182 bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 183 tmp = kzalloc(FW_REG_BUF, GFP_KERNEL); bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 184 if (!tmp) bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 185 return -ENOMEM; bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 186 bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 187 fw_reg_addr = in_base - w0_stat_sz; bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 188 memset(d->fw_read_buff, 0, FW_REG_BUF); bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 189 bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 190 if (w0_stat_sz > 0) bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 @191 __iowrite32_copy(d->fw_read_buff, fw_reg_addr, w0_stat_sz >> 2); bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 192 bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 193 for (offset = 0; offset < FW_REG_SIZE; offset += 16) { bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 194 ret += snprintf(tmp + ret, FW_REG_BUF - ret, "%#.4x: ", offset); bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 @195 hex_dump_to_buffer(d->fw_read_buff + offset, 16, 16, 4, bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 196 tmp + ret, FW_REG_BUF - ret, 0); bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 197 ret += strlen(tmp + ret); bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 198 bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 199 /* print newline for each offset */ bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 200 if (FW_REG_BUF - ret > 0) bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 201 tmp[ret++] = '\n'; bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 202 } bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 203 bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 204 ret = simple_read_from_buffer(user_buf, count, ppos, tmp, ret); bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 205 kfree(tmp); bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 206 bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 207 return ret; bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 208 } bdd0384a Vunny Sodhi 2017-06-30 209 :::::: The code at line 195 was first introduced by commit :::::: bdd0384a5ada8bb5745e5f29c10a5ba88827efad ASoC: Intel: Skylake: Add support to read firmware registers :::::: TO: Vunny Sodhi <vunnyx.sodhi@xxxxxxxxx> :::::: CC: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> --- 0-DAY kernel test infrastructure Open Source Technology Center https://lists.01.org/pipermail/kbuild-all Intel Corporation