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SubjectRe: [PATCH] PCI: qcom: Fix warning generated due to the incorrect data type
Hi Bjorn,

On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 09:36:14PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 07:34:24PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> > Fix the below sparse warning due to the use of incorrect initializer
> > data type (u16) for bdf_be variable that receives the return value of
> > cpu_to_be16(). The correct type should be __be16.
>
> I think the patch looks OK, but the reason to change this is not to
> "fix the warning". The reason is to fix the *problem*, i.e.,
> cpu_to_be16() returns "__be16", which is incompatible with "u16".
>
> The warning is only a helpful hint, and should not be part of the
> subject line. "cpu_to_be16" or "iommu-map" would be much more
> useful information in the subject.
>

okay

> I'm also curious why pcie-qcom.c is the only driver that does this.
> "iommu-map" is not specific to qcom, but no other drivers do similar
> things with it.
>

Yes, on the recent qcom platforms starting from sm8250 we need to program
the BDF to SID mapping in the controller and that's the reason we are
extracting the "iommu-map" property in DT.

Thanks,
Mani

> > sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)
> > >> drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-qcom.c:1305:30: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different base types) @@ expected unsigned short [usertype] bdf_be @@ got restricted __be16 [usertype] @@
> > drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-qcom.c:1305:30: sparse: expected unsigned short [usertype] bdf_be
> > drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-qcom.c:1305:30: sparse: got restricted __be16 [usertype]
> >
> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@linaro.org>
> > ---
> > drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-qcom.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-qcom.c b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-qcom.c
> > index 8a7a300163e5..6c3b034e9946 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-qcom.c
> > +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-qcom.c
> > @@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ static int qcom_pcie_config_sid_sm8250(struct qcom_pcie *pcie)
> >
> > /* Look for an available entry to hold the mapping */
> > for (i = 0; i < nr_map; i++) {
> > - u16 bdf_be = cpu_to_be16(map[i].bdf);
> > + __be16 bdf_be = cpu_to_be16(map[i].bdf);
> > u32 val;
> > u8 hash;
> >
> > --
> > 2.25.1
> >

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