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2016 Nov 22
2
[PATCH 2/2] virtio_ring: fix complaint by sparse
On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 01:51:50PM +0800, Gonglei wrote:
> # make C=2 CF="-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__" ./drivers/virtio/
>
> drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:423:19: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
> drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:423:19: expected unsigned int [unsigned] [assigned] i
> drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:423:19: got restricted __virtio16
2016 Nov 22
2
[PATCH 2/2] virtio_ring: fix complaint by sparse
On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 01:51:50PM +0800, Gonglei wrote:
> # make C=2 CF="-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__" ./drivers/virtio/
>
> drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:423:19: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
> drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:423:19: expected unsigned int [unsigned] [assigned] i
> drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:423:19: got restricted __virtio16
2016 Nov 22
0
[PATCH 2/2] virtio_ring: fix complaint by sparse
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> Wow are you saying endian-ness is all wrong for the next field?
> How do things ever work then?
The above code is only in the error cleanup path (after the
"unmap_release" label, introduced by commit 780bc7903), so it likely has
never been exercised in the field.
I think Gonlei's patch is right, there should be a virtio16_to_cpu() here.
Thomas