[PATCH v1] mfd: viperboard: fix native fields type in structures as little-endiand
From: Mikhail Lukianchikov
Date: Wed Jul 15 2026 - 11:41:44 EST
Sparse reports several warnings about incorrect type in assignment
(different base types) when building the i2c-viperboard.c driver:
warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
expected unsigned short [usertype] addr
got restricted __le16 [usertype]
The structures vprbrd_i2c_write_hdr, vprbrd_i2c_read_hdr, and
vprbrd_i2c_addr_msg describe raw USB packets and, as I understand it,
require Little-Endian byte-order. Therefore, 16-bit field in these
structures were annotated as __le16, not native unsigned short.
This satisfies Sparse and ensures correct behavior on
Big-Endian architectures.
Signed-off-by: Mikhail Lukianchikov <avermoal@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/mfd/viperboard.h | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/mfd/viperboard.h b/include/linux/mfd/viperboard.h
index 46287a1f6bf6..5761ebdc81b3 100644
--- a/include/linux/mfd/viperboard.h
+++ b/include/linux/mfd/viperboard.h
@@ -57,15 +57,15 @@ struct vprbrd_i2c_write_hdr {
struct vprbrd_i2c_read_hdr {
u8 cmd;
- u16 addr;
+ __le16 addr;
u8 len0;
u8 len1;
u8 len2;
u8 len3;
u8 len4;
u8 len5;
- u16 tf1; /* transfer 1 length */
- u16 tf2; /* transfer 2 length */
+ __le16 tf1; /* transfer 1 length */
+ __le16 tf2; /* transfer 2 length */
} __packed;
struct vprbrd_i2c_status {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ struct vprbrd_i2c_addr_msg {
u8 cmd;
u8 addr;
u8 unknown1;
- u16 len;
+ __le16 len;
u8 unknown2;
u8 unknown3;
} __packed;
--
2.55.0