Re: [PATCH net-next 05/13] ipvlan: Fix compilation warning about __be32 -> u32

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Tue, 18 Nov 2025 04:47:03 -0800 Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM Dmitry Skorodumov
> <skorodumov.dmitry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Fixed a compilation warning:
> >
> > ipvlan_core.c:56: warning: incorrect type in argument 1
> > (different base types) expected unsigned int [usertype] a
> > got restricted __be32 const [usertype] s_addr  
> 
> This is not a compilation warning, but a sparse related one ?
> 
> This patch does not belong to this series, this is a bit distracting.
> 
> Send a standalone patch targeting net tree, with an appropriate Fixes: tag
> 
> Fixes: 2ad7bf363841 ("ipvlan: Initial check-in of the IPVLAN driver.")

Not sure we should be sending Linus "fixes" for false positive sparse
warnings at rc7/final..