On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 04:18:50PM +0000, Malcolm Priestley wrote:
> sparse warning
> main_usb.c:1442:44: warning: cast removes address space of expression
>
> Signed-off-by: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c b/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c
> index 4cb7aa7..59c2430 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c
> @@ -1418,8 +1418,9 @@ static void device_set_multi(struct net_device *dev)
> static struct net_device_stats *device_get_stats(struct net_device *dev)
> {
> struct vnt_private *pDevice = netdev_priv(dev);
> + struct net_device_stats *stats = &pDevice->stats;
>
> - return &pDevice->stats;
> + return stats;
This change makes no sense to me. Why is sparse complaining about this?
Is this a bug in sparse, or am I missing something obvious here?
thanks,
greg k-h
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