Re: [PATCH 1/6] staging: sm750fb: Use memset_io instead of memset

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Wed Mar 11 2015 - 04:54:56 EST


On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 01:28:40AM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> This patch uses memset_io instead of memset when using memset on __iomem
> qualified pointers. This fixes the following sparse warnings:-
>
> drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c:489:17: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c:490:17: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c:501:17: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c:502:17: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c:833:5: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c:1154:9: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@xxxxxxxxx>

When I see a patch like this, then I worry, "What if the Sparse
annotations are wrong? The patch description doesn't say anything about
that." After review then I think the annotations are correct so that's
fine.

Btw, do you have this hardware? Are you able to test these changes?

regards,
dan carpenter

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