Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: xilinx: Mark XILINX_LL_TEMAC broken on 64-bit
From: David Miller
Date: Wed Nov 29 2017 - 09:44:17 EST
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 11:01:09 +0100
> On 64-bit (e.g. powerpc64/allmodconfig):
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c: In function 'temac_start_xmit_done':
> drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c:633:22: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
> dev_kfree_skb_irq((struct sk_buff *)cur_p->app4);
> ^
>
> cdmac_bd.app4 is u32, so it is too small to hold a kernel pointer.
>
> Note that several other fields in struct cdmac_bd are also too small to
> hold physical addresses on 64-bit platforms.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
Yeah, I can't see much value in implementing a hash table converting between
32-bit cookies and 64-bit points just for this if it'll never be actually
used.
Applied, thanks Geert.