From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
To: Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@gmail.com>
Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, jerome.pouiller@silabs.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org,
Boqun.Feng@microsoft.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: wfx: add gcc extension __force cast
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2019 09:19:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191109091913.GV26530@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191108233837.33378-1-jbi.octave@gmail.com>
On Fri, Nov 08, 2019 at 11:38:37PM +0000, Jules Irenge wrote:
> Add gcc extension __force and __le32 cast to fix warning issued by Sparse tool."warning: cast to restricted __le32"
>
> Signed-off-by: Jules Irenge <jbi.octave@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/staging/wfx/debug.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/wfx/debug.c b/drivers/staging/wfx/debug.c
> index 0a9ca109039c..aa7b2dd691b9 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/wfx/debug.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/wfx/debug.c
> @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static int wfx_counters_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
> return -EIO;
>
> #define PUT_COUNTER(name) \
> - seq_printf(seq, "%24s %d\n", #name ":", le32_to_cpu(counters.count_##name))
> + seq_printf(seq, "%24s %d\n", #name ":", le32_to_cpu((__force __le32)(counters.count_##name)))
NAK. force-cast (and it's not a gcc extension, BTW - it's sparse) is basically
"I know better; the code is right, so STFU already". *IF* counters.count_...
is really little-endian 32bit, then why isn't it declared that way? And if
it's host-endian, you've just papered over a real bug here.
As a general rule "fix" doesn't mean "tell it to shut up"...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-11-09 9:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-11-08 23:38 [PATCH] staging: wfx: add gcc extension __force cast Jules Irenge
2019-11-09 8:36 ` Greg KH
2019-11-09 9:19 ` Al Viro [this message]
2019-11-11 13:51 ` Jules Irenge
2019-11-11 20:28 ` Al Viro
2019-11-11 23:16 ` Al Viro
2019-11-12 12:00 ` Jerome Pouiller
2019-11-12 11:32 ` Jerome Pouiller
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