Re: [PATCH v2] iio: bmi160_core: Fix sparse warning due to incorrect type in assignment

[Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>]

On 11/10/16 12:37, sayli karnik wrote:
> There is a type mismatch between the buffer which is of type s16 and the
> samples stored, which are declared as __le16.
> 
> Fix the following sparse warning:
> drivers/iio/imu/bmi160/bmi160_core.c:411:26: warning: incorrect type
> in assignment (different base types)
> 
> drivers/iio/imu/bmi160/bmi160_core.c:411:26: expected signed short
> [signed] [short] [explicitly-signed] <noident>
> drivers/iio/imu/bmi160/bmi160_core.c:411:26: got restricted __le16
> [addressable] [usertype] sample
> 
> This is a cosmetic-type patch since it does not alter code behaviour.
> The le16 is going into a 16bit buf element, and is labelled as IIO_LE in the
> channel buffer definition.
> 
> Signed-off-by: sayli karnik <karniksayli1995@gmail.com>
Applied to the togreg branch of iio.git - initially pushed out
as testing for the autobuilders to play with it.

Thanks,

Jonathan
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> Moved comment above declaration of buf array
> 
>  drivers/iio/imu/bmi160/bmi160_core.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/imu/bmi160/bmi160_core.c b/drivers/iio/imu/bmi160/bmi160_core.c
> index e0251b8..5355507 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/imu/bmi160/bmi160_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/imu/bmi160/bmi160_core.c
> @@ -398,7 +398,8 @@ static irqreturn_t bmi160_trigger_handler(int irq, void *p)
>  	struct iio_poll_func *pf = p;
>  	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = pf->indio_dev;
>  	struct bmi160_data *data = iio_priv(indio_dev);
> -	s16 buf[16]; /* 3 sens x 3 axis x s16 + 3 x s16 pad + 4 x s16 tstamp */
> +	__le16 buf[16];
> +	/* 3 sens x 3 axis x __le16 + 3 x __le16 pad + 4 x __le16 tstamp */
>  	int i, ret, j = 0, base = BMI160_REG_DATA_MAGN_XOUT_L;
>  	__le16 sample;
>  
>