Re: [PATCH] net: stmmac: fix missed le32_to_cpu()

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Mon, 22 Jun 2026 19:51:39 +0200 Maxime Chevallier wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> 
> On 6/22/26 16:37, Ben Dooks wrote:
> > The print in ndesc_display_ring() sends the des2 and des3
> > to the pr_info() without passing them through the relevant
> > conversion to cpu order.
> > 
> > Fix the (prototype) sparse warnings by using le32_to_cpu():
> > drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/norm_desc.c:258:17: warning: incorrect type in argument 6 (different base types)
> > drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/norm_desc.c:258:17:    expected unsigned int
> > drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/norm_desc.c:258:17:    got restricted __le32 [usertype] des2
> > drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/norm_desc.c:258:17: warning: incorrect type in argument 7 (different base types)
> > drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/norm_desc.c:258:17:    expected unsigned int
> > drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/norm_desc.c:258:17:    got restricted __le32 [usertype] des3
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  
> 
> I agree on the principle, but this isn't a fix so this'll have to wait
> until net-next re-opens :)

Humpf, why are we not seeing this on x86 allmodconfig ? 🤔️

$ make C=1 W=1 drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/norm_desc.o 
  DESCEND objtool
  CC [M]  drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/norm_desc.o
  CHECK   drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/norm_desc.c
$