Re: [PATCH 1/3] ARM: ixp4xx: use normal prototype for {read,write}s{b,w,l}

From: Krzysztof HaÅasa
Date: Mon Feb 15 2016 - 02:06:01 EST


Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> ixp4xx defines the arguments to its __indirect_writesb() and other
> functions as pointers to fixed-size data. This is not necessarily
> wrong, and it works most of the time, but it causes warnings in
> at least one driver:
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c: In function 'smc_rcv':
> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c:495:21: error: passing argument 2 of '__indirect_readsw' from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
> SMC_PULL_DATA(lp, data, packet_len - 4);
>
> All other definitions of the same functions pass void pointers,
> so doing the same here avoids the warnings.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/include/mach/io.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++------
> 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Krzysztof HaÅasa <khalasa@xxxxxxx>
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Krzysztof Halasa

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