Re: [PATCH net-next 05/13] ipvlan: Fix compilation warning about __be32 -> u32
From: Dmitry Skorodumov
Date: Thu Nov 20 2025 - 06:15:11 EST
On 19.11.2025 04:26, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Nov 2025 04:47:03 -0800 Eric Dumazet wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM Dmitry Skorodumov
>> <skorodumov.dmitry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Fixed a compilation warning:
>>>
>>> ipvlan_core.c:56: warning: incorrect type in argument 1
>>> (different base types) expected unsigned int [usertype] a
>>> got restricted __be32 const [usertype] s_addr
>> This is not a compilation warning, but a sparse related one ?
>>
>> This patch does not belong to this series, this is a bit distracting.
>>
>> Send a standalone patch targeting net tree, with an appropriate Fixes: tag
>>
>> Fixes: 2ad7bf363841 ("ipvlan: Initial check-in of the IPVLAN driver.")
> Not sure we should be sending Linus "fixes" for false positive sparse
> warnings at rc7/final..
>
Not sure how to proceed! Is it op if I send this path as "net-next"?