Re: [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8712: rtl8712: fix sparse warnings

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Wed Feb 08 2017 - 02:39:36 EST


On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 01:23:15AM +0000, Carlos Palminha wrote:
> Fixed sparse warnings
> * No need to convert from le32, pointers for structure with same endianness (cast from restricted __le32)
> * Need to convert bitwise operation for le32 structure (invalid assignment from int to __le32)
>
> Signed-off-by: Carlos Palminha <palminha@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes v1->v2:
> * Clarify patch description to ensure confidence
>
> drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_xmit.c | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_xmit.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_xmit.c
> index c4f03a602a2e..67713643c923 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_xmit.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_xmit.c
> @@ -561,19 +561,19 @@ static void update_txdesc(struct xmit_frame *pxmitframe, uint *pmem, int sz)
>
> ptxdesc_mp = &txdesc_mp;
> /* offset 8 */
> - ptxdesc->txdw2 = cpu_to_le32(ptxdesc_mp->txdw2);
> + ptxdesc->txdw2 = ptxdesc_mp->txdw2;

Nah... The original is done deliberately. When I'm reviewing this
patch I can see that now.

Just leave this as-is.

regards,
dan carpenter