Re: [PATCH v3] staging: octeon: Remove port status typedefs
From: Greg KH
Date: Thu Jan 15 2026 - 06:31:59 EST
On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 10:28:34PM +0530, Karthikey Kadati wrote:
> Remove cvmx_pip_port_status_t and cvmx_pko_port_status_t typedefs and
> replace them with struct cvmx_pip_port_status and struct cvmx_pko_port_status
> to match Linux kernel coding style.
>
> This also updates the MIPS architecture headers to name the anonymous
> structs so they can be referenced by the staging driver.
>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
The test robot reported that typedefs need to be removed? Or did it
just find a failure in your previous change?
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202601131108.A90iCRFi-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Karthikey Kadati <karthikey3608@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v3:
> - Fix build failure by naming anonymous structs in MIPS headers
> (Reported by kernel test robot).
> - Add Reported-by and Closes tags.
> v2:
> - Remove invalid "Unix Antigravity" Signed-off-by.
> - Submit as standalone patch (detached from unrelated series).
>
> arch/mips/include/asm/octeon/cvmx-pip.h | 2 +-
> arch/mips/include/asm/octeon/cvmx-pko.h | 2 +-
> drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c | 4 ++--
> drivers/staging/octeon/octeon-stubs.h | 12 ++++++------
> 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/octeon/cvmx-pip.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/octeon/cvmx-pip.h
> index 01ca7267a..cb3342313 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/octeon/cvmx-pip.h
> +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/octeon/cvmx-pip.h
> @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ typedef union {
> /**
> * Status statistics for a port
> */
> -typedef struct {
> +typedef struct cvmx_pip_port_status {
Why is this typedef left here?
> /* Inbound octets marked to be dropped by the IPD */
> uint32_t dropped_octets;
> /* Inbound packets marked to be dropped by the IPD */
> diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/octeon/cvmx-pko.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/octeon/cvmx-pko.h
> index f18a7f24d..46bb5ddcb 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/octeon/cvmx-pko.h
> +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/octeon/cvmx-pko.h
> @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ typedef enum {
> CVMX_PKO_LOCK_CMD_QUEUE = 2,
> } cvmx_pko_lock_t;
>
> -typedef struct {
> +typedef struct cvmx_pko_port_status {
Same here, I thought you were removing typedefs?
thanks,
greg k-h