Re: [PATCH v2] NTB: ntb_perf: fix cast to restricted __le32

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Wed Jan 24 2018 - 03:07:31 EST


On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 8:48 AM, Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sparse is whining about the u32 and __le32 mixed usage in the driver
>
> drivers/ntb/test/ntb_perf.c:288:21: warning: cast to restricted __le32
> drivers/ntb/test/ntb_perf.c:295:37: warning: incorrect type in argument 4 (different base types)
> drivers/ntb/test/ntb_perf.c:295:37: expected unsigned int [unsigned] [usertype] val
> drivers/ntb/test/ntb_perf.c:295:37: got restricted __le32 [usertype] <noident>
> ...
>
> NTB hardware drivers shall accept CPU-endian data and translate it to
> the portable formate by internal means, so the explicit conversions
> are not necessary before Scratchpad/Messages API usage anymore.
>
> Fixes: b83003b3fdc1 ("NTB: ntb_perf: Add full multi-port NTB API support")
> Signed-off-by: Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@xxxxxxxxx>

Looks good to me,

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>