Re: [PATCH] soc: ixp4xx/qmgr: fix invalid __iomem access

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Tue Aug 03 2021 - 19:37:10 EST


On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 10:17 AM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> Sparse reports a compile time warning when dereferencing an
> __iomem pointer:
>
> drivers/soc/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-qmgr.c:149:37: warning: dereference of noderef expression
> drivers/soc/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-qmgr.c:153:40: warning: dereference of noderef expression
> drivers/soc/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-qmgr.c:154:40: warning: dereference of noderef expression
> drivers/soc/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-qmgr.c:174:38: warning: dereference of noderef expression
> drivers/soc/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-qmgr.c:174:44: warning: dereference of noderef expression
>
> Use __raw_readl() here for consistency with the rest of the file.
> This should really get converted to some proper accessor, as the
> __raw functions are not meant to be used in drivers, but the driver
> has used these since the start, so for the moment, let's only fix
> the warning.
>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: d4c9e9fc9751 ("IXP42x: Add QMgr support for IXP425 rev. A0 processors.")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>

Yours,
Linus Walleij