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SubjectRe: [resend, PATCH net-next v1 2/2] net: thunderbolt: Use separate header data type for the Rx
On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 09:46:16AM +0200, Mika Westerberg wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 06:13:59PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > The same data type structure is used for bitwise operations and
> > regular ones. It makes sparse unhappy, for example:
> >
> > .../thunderbolt.c:718:23: warning: cast to restricted __le32
> >
> > .../thunderbolt.c:953:23: warning: incorrect type in initializer (different base types)
> > .../thunderbolt.c:953:23: expected restricted __wsum [usertype] wsum
> > .../thunderbolt.c:953:23: got restricted __be32 [usertype]
> >
> > Split the header to bitwise one and specific for Rx to make sparse
> > happy. Assure the layout by involving static_assert() against size
> > and offsets of the member of the structures.

> I would much rather keep the humans reading this happy than add 20+
> lines just to silence a tool. Unless this of course is some kind of a
> real bug.

Actually, changing types to bitwise ones reduces the sparse noise
(I will double check this) without reducing readability.
Would it be accepted?

--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko


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