Re: [PATCH] mwifiex: Reduce endian conversion for REG Host Commands

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Hi,

[auto build test WARNING on wireless-drivers-next/master]
[also build test WARNING on v4.7-rc4 next-20160621]
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url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Prasun-Maiti/mwifiex-Reduce-endian-conversion-for-REG-Host-Commands/20160621-224149
base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/wireless-drivers-next.git master
reproduce:
        # apt-get install sparse
        make ARCH=x86_64 allmodconfig
        make C=1 CF=-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__


sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)

   include/linux/compiler.h:232:8: sparse: attribute 'no_sanitize_address': unknown attribute
>> drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c:1339:17: sparse: incompatible types in comparison expression (different base types)
   In file included from include/linux/list.h:8:0,
                    from include/linux/wait.h:6,
                    from drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/decl.h:26,
                    from drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c:20:
   drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c: In function 'mwifiex_eeprom_read':
   include/linux/kernel.h:742:17: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
     (void) (&_min1 == &_min2);  \
                    ^
   drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c:1339:34: note: in expansion of macro 'min'
      memcpy(value, rd_eeprom.value, min(MAX_EEPROM_DATA,
                                     ^~~
--
   include/linux/compiler.h:232:8: sparse: attribute 'no_sanitize_address': unknown attribute
>> drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_cmdresp.c:820:25: sparse: incompatible types in comparison expression (different base types)
   In file included from include/linux/list.h:8:0,
                    from include/linux/wait.h:6,
                    from drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/decl.h:26,
                    from drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_cmdresp.c:20:
   drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_cmdresp.c: In function 'mwifiex_ret_reg_access':
   include/linux/kernel.h:742:17: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast
     (void) (&_min1 == &_min2);  \
                    ^
   drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_cmdresp.c:821:6: note: in expansion of macro 'min'
         min(MAX_EEPROM_DATA, eeprom->byte_count));
         ^~~

vim +1339 drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c

  1323	 */
  1324	int
  1325	mwifiex_eeprom_read(struct mwifiex_private *priv, u16 offset, u16 bytes,
  1326			    u8 *value)
  1327	{
  1328		int ret;
  1329		struct mwifiex_ds_read_eeprom rd_eeprom;
  1330	
  1331		rd_eeprom.offset =  offset;
  1332		rd_eeprom.byte_count = bytes;
  1333	
  1334		/* Send request to firmware */
  1335		ret = mwifiex_send_cmd(priv, HostCmd_CMD_802_11_EEPROM_ACCESS,
  1336				       HostCmd_ACT_GEN_GET, 0, &rd_eeprom, true);
  1337	
  1338		if (!ret)
> 1339			memcpy(value, rd_eeprom.value, min(MAX_EEPROM_DATA,
  1340						rd_eeprom.byte_count));
  1341		return ret;
  1342	}
  1343	
  1344	/*
  1345	 * This function sets a generic IE. In addition to generic IE, it can
  1346	 * also handle WPA, WPA2 and WAPI IEs.
  1347	 */

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