Re: [PATCH] spi: spi-ep93xx: Change dir type in ep93xx_spi_dma_{finish,prepare}

[Mika Westerberg]

Hi,

On Thu, Oct 04, 2018 at 11:32:47AM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 07:39:26PM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> > Clang warns when one enumerated type is implicitly converted to another.
> > 
> > drivers/spi/spi-ep93xx.c:342:62: warning: implicit conversion from
> > enumeration type 'enum dma_transfer_direction' to different enumeration
> 
> Please remember to CC driver maintainers and authors on patch
> submissions so they can review things, copying in Hartley and Mika.

Thanks for copying me.

> > type 'enum dma_data_direction' [-Wenum-conversion]
> >         nents = dma_map_sg(chan->device->dev, sgt->sgl, sgt->nents, dir);
> >                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~
> > ./include/linux/dma-mapping.h:428:58: note: expanded from macro
> > 'dma_map_sg'
> > \#define dma_map_sg(d, s, n, r) dma_map_sg_attrs(d, s, n, r, 0)
> >                                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~          ^
> > drivers/spi/spi-ep93xx.c:348:57: warning: implicit conversion from
> > enumeration type 'enum dma_transfer_direction' to different enumeration
> > type 'enum dma_data_direction' [-Wenum-conversion]
> >                 dma_unmap_sg(chan->device->dev, sgt->sgl, sgt->nents, dir);
> >                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~
> > ./include/linux/dma-mapping.h:429:62: note: expanded from macro
> > 'dma_unmap_sg'
> > \#define dma_unmap_sg(d, s, n, r) dma_unmap_sg_attrs(d, s, n, r, 0)
> >                                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~          ^
> > drivers/spi/spi-ep93xx.c:377:56: warning: implicit conversion from
> > enumeration type 'enum dma_transfer_direction' to different enumeration
> > type 'enum dma_data_direction' [-Wenum-conversion]
> >         dma_unmap_sg(chan->device->dev, sgt->sgl, sgt->nents, dir);
> >         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~
> > ./include/linux/dma-mapping.h:429:62: note: expanded from macro
> > 'dma_unmap_sg'
> > \#define dma_unmap_sg(d, s, n, r) dma_unmap_sg_attrs(d, s, n, r, 0)
> >                                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~          ^
> > 3 warnings generated.
> > 
> > dma_{,un}map_sg expects an enum of type dma_data_direction but this
> > driver uses dma_transfer_direction for everything. Converting to
> > dma_data_direction would be desirable but there are a few shared
> > structures that expect dma_transfer_direction so it is just simpler to
> > change the parameter here. dma_transfer_direction and dma_data_direction
> > are different sizes but this driver only uses the 1 and 2 values which
> > mean the same thing so this change is safe.

I would rather do the conversion than passing "int" to the function even
if both enums happen to have same value now. I would be surprised if
there is no helper function already for the conversion :)