drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c:987:20: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)

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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head:   11030fe96b57ad843518b0e9430f3cd4b3610ce2
commit: cd486e627e67ee9ab66914d36d3127ef057cc010 ath9k_htc: Discard undersized packets
date:   10 months ago
config: sparc64-randconfig-s032-20200809 (attached as .config)
compiler: sparc64-linux-gcc (GCC) 9.3.0
reproduce:
        wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
        chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.2-118-ge1578773-dirty
        git checkout cd486e627e67ee9ab66914d36d3127ef057cc010
        # save the attached .config to linux build tree
        COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-9.3.0 make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' ARCH=sparc64 

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sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)

>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c:987:20: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different base types) @@     expected restricted __be16 [usertype] rs_datalen @@     got unsigned short [usertype] @@
   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c:987:20: sparse:     expected restricted __be16 [usertype] rs_datalen
>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c:987:20: sparse:     got unsigned short [usertype]
   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c:988:13: sparse: sparse: restricted __be16 degrades to integer
   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c:1001:13: sparse: sparse: restricted __be16 degrades to integer

vim +987 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c

   962	
   963	static bool ath9k_rx_prepare(struct ath9k_htc_priv *priv,
   964				     struct ath9k_htc_rxbuf *rxbuf,
   965				     struct ieee80211_rx_status *rx_status)
   966	
   967	{
   968		struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
   969		struct ieee80211_hw *hw = priv->hw;
   970		struct sk_buff *skb = rxbuf->skb;
   971		struct ath_common *common = ath9k_hw_common(priv->ah);
   972		struct ath_hw *ah = common->ah;
   973		struct ath_htc_rx_status *rxstatus;
   974		struct ath_rx_status rx_stats;
   975		bool decrypt_error = false;
   976		__be16 rs_datalen;
   977		bool is_phyerr;
   978	
   979		if (skb->len < HTC_RX_FRAME_HEADER_SIZE) {
   980			ath_err(common, "Corrupted RX frame, dropping (len: %d)\n",
   981				skb->len);
   982			goto rx_next;
   983		}
   984	
   985		rxstatus = (struct ath_htc_rx_status *)skb->data;
   986	
 > 987		rs_datalen = be16_to_cpu(rxstatus->rs_datalen);
   988		if (unlikely(rs_datalen -
   989		    (skb->len - HTC_RX_FRAME_HEADER_SIZE) != 0)) {
   990			ath_err(common,
   991				"Corrupted RX data len, dropping (dlen: %d, skblen: %d)\n",
   992				rs_datalen, skb->len);
   993			goto rx_next;
   994		}
   995	
   996		is_phyerr = rxstatus->rs_status & ATH9K_RXERR_PHY;
   997		/*
   998		 * Discard zero-length packets and packets smaller than an ACK
   999		 * which are not PHY_ERROR (short radar pulses have a length of 3)
  1000		 */
  1001		if (unlikely(!rs_datalen || (rs_datalen < 10 && !is_phyerr))) {
  1002			ath_warn(common,
  1003				 "Short RX data len, dropping (dlen: %d)\n",
  1004				 rs_datalen);
  1005			goto rx_next;
  1006		}
  1007	
  1008		/* Get the RX status information */
  1009	
  1010		memset(rx_status, 0, sizeof(struct ieee80211_rx_status));
  1011	
  1012		/* Copy everything from ath_htc_rx_status (HTC_RX_FRAME_HEADER).
  1013		 * After this, we can drop this part of skb. */
  1014		rx_status_htc_to_ath(&rx_stats, rxstatus);
  1015		ath9k_htc_err_stat_rx(priv, &rx_stats);
  1016		rx_status->mactime = be64_to_cpu(rxstatus->rs_tstamp);
  1017		skb_pull(skb, HTC_RX_FRAME_HEADER_SIZE);
  1018	
  1019		/*
  1020		 * everything but the rate is checked here, the rate check is done
  1021		 * separately to avoid doing two lookups for a rate for each frame.
  1022		 */
  1023		hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
  1024	
  1025		/*
  1026		 * Process PHY errors and return so that the packet
  1027		 * can be dropped.
  1028		 */
  1029		if (unlikely(is_phyerr)) {
  1030			/* TODO: Not using DFS processing now. */
  1031			if (ath_cmn_process_fft(&priv->spec_priv, hdr,
  1032					    &rx_stats, rx_status->mactime)) {
  1033				/* TODO: Code to collect spectral scan statistics */
  1034			}
  1035			goto rx_next;
  1036		}
  1037	
  1038		if (!ath9k_cmn_rx_accept(common, hdr, rx_status, &rx_stats,
  1039				&decrypt_error, priv->rxfilter))
  1040			goto rx_next;
  1041	
  1042		ath9k_cmn_rx_skb_postprocess(common, skb, &rx_stats,
  1043					     rx_status, decrypt_error);
  1044	
  1045		if (ath9k_cmn_process_rate(common, hw, &rx_stats, rx_status))
  1046			goto rx_next;
  1047	
  1048		rx_stats.is_mybeacon = ath_is_mybeacon(common, hdr);
  1049		ath9k_cmn_process_rssi(common, hw, &rx_stats, rx_status);
  1050	
  1051		rx_status->band = ah->curchan->chan->band;
  1052		rx_status->freq = ah->curchan->chan->center_freq;
  1053		rx_status->antenna = rx_stats.rs_antenna;
  1054		rx_status->flag |= RX_FLAG_MACTIME_END;
  1055	
  1056		return true;
  1057	rx_next:
  1058		return false;
  1059	}
  1060	

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