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* Interpretation of sparse warning
@ 2007-09-14 20:01 Larry Finger
  2007-09-14 20:17 ` Stephen Hemminger
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Larry Finger @ 2007-09-14 20:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: LKML

The code sequence

        u32 macstat;
.....
        macstat = le32_to_cpu(rxhdr->mac_status);

generates the following sparse warnings

drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/xmit.c:446:12: warning: cast to restricted type
drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/xmit.c:446:12: warning: cast from restricted type

(#446 is the macstat = ..... line)

My version of sparse is from the git tree and was downloaded today.

I think the code sequence is correct. What, if anything, should I do to eliminate the warning?

Thanks,

Larry



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* Re: Interpretation of sparse warning
  2007-09-14 20:01 Interpretation of sparse warning Larry Finger
@ 2007-09-14 20:17 ` Stephen Hemminger
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Hemminger @ 2007-09-14 20:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:01:09 -0500
Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> wrote:

> The code sequence
> 
>         u32 macstat;
> .....
>         macstat = le32_to_cpu(rxhdr->mac_status);
> 
> generates the following sparse warnings
> 
> drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/xmit.c:446:12: warning: cast to restricted type
> drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/xmit.c:446:12: warning: cast from restricted type
> 

Is rxhdr->mac_status properly declared as le32?


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