Re: [PATCH] [net-next] net: netsec: use dma_addr_t for storing dma address

[David Miller]

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 22:13:44 +0100

> On targets that have different sizes for phys_addr_t and dma_addr_t,
> we get a type mismatch error:
> 
> drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/netsec.c: In function 'netsec_alloc_dring':
> drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/netsec.c:970:9: error: passing argument 3 of 'dma_zalloc_coherent' from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
> 
> The code is otherwise correct, as the address is never actually used as a
> physical address but only passed into a DMA register.  For consistently,
> I'm changing the variable name as well, to clarify that this is a DMA
> address.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks Arnd.