On Mon, 2014-01-13 at 15:42 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > 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? Yes me!!! Sorry. that is not line 1442, a case of number dyslexia. That is fixed in the next patch. Malcolm -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html