Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH 1/6] staging: wlan-ng: Fix sparse warning of restricted __le16

[Julia Lawall]

On Thu, 2 Mar 2017, simran singhal wrote:

> This patch fixes the following sparse warning:
> warning: cast to restricted __le16

You commit message should not say just fix X.  What have you done to carry
out the fix and why is this the correct approach?

julia

>
> Signed-off-by: simran singhal <singhalsimran0@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2sta.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------
>  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2sta.c b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2sta.c
> index 984804b..82d3a70 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2sta.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2sta.c
> @@ -372,10 +372,9 @@ static int prism2sta_mlmerequest(struct wlandevice *wlandev,
>  			qualmsg->noise.status =
>  			    P80211ENUM_msgitem_status_data_ok;
>
> -			qualmsg->link.data = le16_to_cpu(hw->qual.cq_curr_bss);
> -			qualmsg->level.data =
> -				le16_to_cpu(hw->qual.asl_curr_bss);
> -			qualmsg->noise.data = le16_to_cpu(hw->qual.anl_curr_fc);
> +			qualmsg->link.data = hw->qual.cq_curr_bss;
> +			qualmsg->level.data = hw->qual.asl_curr_bss;
> +			qualmsg->noise.data = hw->qual.anl_curr_fc;
>  			qualmsg->txrate.data = hw->txrate;
>
>  			break;
> @@ -603,10 +602,10 @@ static int prism2sta_getcardinfo(struct wlandevice *wlandev)
>  	}
>
>  	/* get all the nic id fields in host byte order */
> -	hw->ident_nic.id = le16_to_cpu(hw->ident_nic.id);
> -	hw->ident_nic.variant = le16_to_cpu(hw->ident_nic.variant);
> -	hw->ident_nic.major = le16_to_cpu(hw->ident_nic.major);
> -	hw->ident_nic.minor = le16_to_cpu(hw->ident_nic.minor);
> +	hw->ident_nic.id = hw->ident_nic.id;
> +	hw->ident_nic.variant = hw->ident_nic.variant;
> +	hw->ident_nic.major = hw->ident_nic.major;
> +	hw->ident_nic.minor = hw->ident_nic.minor;
>
>  	netdev_info(wlandev->netdev, "ident: nic h/w: id=0x%02x %d.%d.%d\n",
>  		    hw->ident_nic.id, hw->ident_nic.major,
> @@ -622,10 +621,10 @@ static int prism2sta_getcardinfo(struct wlandevice *wlandev)
>  	}
>
>  	/* get all the private fw id fields in host byte order */
> -	hw->ident_pri_fw.id = le16_to_cpu(hw->ident_pri_fw.id);
> -	hw->ident_pri_fw.variant = le16_to_cpu(hw->ident_pri_fw.variant);
> -	hw->ident_pri_fw.major = le16_to_cpu(hw->ident_pri_fw.major);
> -	hw->ident_pri_fw.minor = le16_to_cpu(hw->ident_pri_fw.minor);
> +	hw->ident_pri_fw.id = hw->ident_pri_fw.id;
> +	hw->ident_pri_fw.variant = hw->ident_pri_fw.variant;
> +	hw->ident_pri_fw.major = hw->ident_pri_fw.major;
> +	hw->ident_pri_fw.minor = hw->ident_pri_fw.minor;
>
>  	netdev_info(wlandev->netdev, "ident: pri f/w: id=0x%02x %d.%d.%d\n",
>  		    hw->ident_pri_fw.id, hw->ident_pri_fw.major,
> @@ -648,10 +647,10 @@ static int prism2sta_getcardinfo(struct wlandevice *wlandev)
>  	}
>
>  	/* get all the station fw id fields in host byte order */
> -	hw->ident_sta_fw.id = le16_to_cpu(hw->ident_sta_fw.id);
> -	hw->ident_sta_fw.variant = le16_to_cpu(hw->ident_sta_fw.variant);
> -	hw->ident_sta_fw.major = le16_to_cpu(hw->ident_sta_fw.major);
> -	hw->ident_sta_fw.minor = le16_to_cpu(hw->ident_sta_fw.minor);
> +	hw->ident_sta_fw.id = hw->ident_sta_fw.id;
> +	hw->ident_sta_fw.variant = hw->ident_sta_fw.variant;
> +	hw->ident_sta_fw.major = hw->ident_sta_fw.major;
> +	hw->ident_sta_fw.minor = hw->ident_sta_fw.minor;
>
>  	/* strip out the 'special' variant bits */
>  	hw->mm_mods = hw->ident_sta_fw.variant & GENMASK(15, 14);
> @@ -683,11 +682,11 @@ static int prism2sta_getcardinfo(struct wlandevice *wlandev)
>  	/* get all the Compatibility range, modem interface supplier
>  	 * fields in byte order
>  	 */
> -	hw->cap_sup_mfi.role = le16_to_cpu(hw->cap_sup_mfi.role);
> -	hw->cap_sup_mfi.id = le16_to_cpu(hw->cap_sup_mfi.id);
> -	hw->cap_sup_mfi.variant = le16_to_cpu(hw->cap_sup_mfi.variant);
> -	hw->cap_sup_mfi.bottom = le16_to_cpu(hw->cap_sup_mfi.bottom);
> -	hw->cap_sup_mfi.top = le16_to_cpu(hw->cap_sup_mfi.top);
> +	hw->cap_sup_mfi.role = hw->cap_sup_mfi.role;
> +	hw->cap_sup_mfi.id = hw->cap_sup_mfi.id;
> +	hw->cap_sup_mfi.variant = hw->cap_sup_mfi.variant;
> +	hw->cap_sup_mfi.bottom = hw->cap_sup_mfi.bottom;
> +	hw->cap_sup_mfi.top = hw->cap_sup_mfi.top;
>
>  	netdev_info(wlandev->netdev,
>  		    "MFI:SUP:role=0x%02x:id=0x%02x:var=0x%02x:b/t=%d/%d\n",
> @@ -707,11 +706,11 @@ static int prism2sta_getcardinfo(struct wlandevice *wlandev)
>  	/* get all the Compatibility range, controller interface supplier
>  	 * fields in byte order
>  	 */
> -	hw->cap_sup_cfi.role = le16_to_cpu(hw->cap_sup_cfi.role);
> -	hw->cap_sup_cfi.id = le16_to_cpu(hw->cap_sup_cfi.id);
> -	hw->cap_sup_cfi.variant = le16_to_cpu(hw->cap_sup_cfi.variant);
> -	hw->cap_sup_cfi.bottom = le16_to_cpu(hw->cap_sup_cfi.bottom);
> -	hw->cap_sup_cfi.top = le16_to_cpu(hw->cap_sup_cfi.top);
> +	hw->cap_sup_cfi.role = hw->cap_sup_cfi.role;
> +	hw->cap_sup_cfi.id = hw->cap_sup_cfi.id;
> +	hw->cap_sup_cfi.variant = hw->cap_sup_cfi.variant;
> +	hw->cap_sup_cfi.bottom = hw->cap_sup_cfi.bottom;
> +	hw->cap_sup_cfi.top = hw->cap_sup_cfi.top;
>
>  	netdev_info(wlandev->netdev,
>  		    "CFI:SUP:role=0x%02x:id=0x%02x:var=0x%02x:b/t=%d/%d\n",
> --
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