From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tony@atomide.com (Tony Lindgren) Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 10:36:15 -0700 Subject: [PATCH v4] ARM: Fix sparse warnings due to variables conflicts. In-Reply-To: <4CAF014D.7000909@ti.com> References: <1286517186-29934-1-git-send-email-sourav.poddar@ti.com> <4CAF014D.7000909@ti.com> Message-ID: <20101008173615.GJ7558@atomide.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org * Nishanth Menon [101008 04:24]: > Poddar, Sourav had written, on 10/08/2010 12:53 AM, the following: > >Fix the sparse warnings generated due to conflicts in variables used in readl/writel. > > > > > >drivers/net/smc91x.c:312:8: warning: symbol '__v' shadows an earlier one > >drivers/net/smc91x.c:312:8: originally declared here > > > >With this change, about 200 sparse warnings are fixed. > The commit message could be a little more detailed. > see http://marc.info/?l=linux-omap&m=128648102511076&w=2 > > also should $subject say ARM: io: fix namespace conflict > to better reflect the fix? sparse warnings are just an indication IMHO BTW, also dropping the "OMAP: Convert write/read functions to raw read/write". That patch does not compute, and also ends up leaving files with __raw_readw followed by writew.. Regards, Tony