drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c:2454:64: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)

[Christophe Leroy]

Le 08/11/2024 à 11:30, Christophe Leroy a écrit :
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> Le 08/11/2024 à 09:18, Linus Walleij a écrit :
>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 8:05 AM kernel test robot <lkp at intel.com> wrote:
>>
>>> tree:   
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>>> commit: b28d1ccf921a4333be14017d82066386d419e638 powerpc/io: Expect 
>>> immutable pointer in virt_to_phys() prototype
>>
>> Ugh Stanislav do you have ideas around this one?
>>
>>>     drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c:244:21: sparse:     got 
>>> restricted __be32 [noderef] __iomem *
>>>     drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c:405:22: sparse: sparse: 
>>> incorrect type in argument 1 (different base types) @@     expected 
>>> unsigned short volatile [noderef] [usertype] __iomem *addr @@     got 
>>> restricted __be16 [noderef] [usertype] __iomem * @@
>>
>> They all look the same, it's from this:
>>
>> static void set_mac_addr(__be16 __iomem *reg, u8 *mac)
>> {
>>      out_be16(&reg[0], ((u16)mac[5] << 8) | mac[4]);
>>      out_be16(&reg[1], ((u16)mac[3] << 8) | mac[2]);
>>      out_be16(&reg[2], ((u16)mac[1] << 8) | mac[0]);
>> }
>>
>> Is it simply that we need a paranthesis extra around the thing casted
>> to (u16) else it becomes u32?
> 
> Not at all. The one you point here are:
> 

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Note however that there is work in progress on this driver that will 
impact hundreds of lines, so maybe wait until that is done ? See 
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/cover/20241107170255.1058124-1-maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com/

Christophe