Re: [resend, PATCH net-next v1 2/2] net: thunderbolt: Use separate header data type for the Rx

[Mika Westerberg]

On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 12:51:06PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 09:46:16AM +0200, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 06:13:59PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > The same data type structure is used for bitwise operations and
> > > regular ones. It makes sparse unhappy, for example:
> > > 
> > >   .../thunderbolt.c:718:23: warning: cast to restricted __le32
> > > 
> > >   .../thunderbolt.c:953:23: warning: incorrect type in initializer (different base types)
> > >   .../thunderbolt.c:953:23:    expected restricted __wsum [usertype] wsum
> > >   .../thunderbolt.c:953:23:    got restricted __be32 [usertype]
> > > 
> > > Split the header to bitwise one and specific for Rx to make sparse
> > > happy. Assure the layout by involving static_assert() against size
> > > and offsets of the member of the structures.
> 
> > I would much rather keep the humans reading this happy than add 20+
> > lines just to silence a tool. Unless this of course is some kind of a
> > real bug.
> 
> Actually, changing types to bitwise ones reduces the sparse noise
> (I will double check this) without reducing readability.
> Would it be accepted?

Sure if it makes it more readable and does not add too many lines :)