Re: [PATCH 3.4.x-stable] 8250_pci: fix warnings in backport of Broadcom TruManage support

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On 2014/8/26 1:33, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> commit 7400ce7ee9595432b2a1402b6ffcac9faf38d9ae (v3.4.92-76-g7400ce7ee959)
> was a backport of commit ebebd49a8eab5e9aa1b1f8f1614ccc3c2120f886 upstream
> ("8250/16?50: Add support for Broadcom TruManage redirected serial port")
> 
> However, in the context of 3.4.x kernels, the pci setup code was
> expecting a struct uart_port and not a struct uart_8250_port, leading to
> the following concerning warnings:
> 
> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pci.c: In function ‘pci_brcm_trumanage_setup’:
> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pci.c:1086:2: warning: passing argument 3 of ‘pci_default_setup’ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
>   int ret = pci_default_setup(priv, board, port, idx);
>   ^
> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pci.c:1036:1: note: expected ‘struct uart_port *’ but argument is of type ‘struct uart_8250_port *’
>  pci_default_setup(struct serial_private *priv,
>  ^
> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pci.c: At top level:
> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pci.c:1746:3: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
>    .setup  = pci_brcm_trumanage_setup,
>    ^
> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pci.c:1746:3: warning: (near initialization for ‘pci_serial_quirks[56].setup’) [enabled by default]
> 
> I'd also expect the initialization to not function correctly, and
> perhaps dereference random garbage due to this.  Since the uart_port
> is a field within the uart_8250_port, the adaptation to fix these
> warnings is a straightforward removal of a layer of indirection.
> 
> Cc: Stephen Hurd <shurd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michael Chan <mchan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rui Xiang <rui.xiang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to 3.4. Thanks.

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