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Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 05:10:11 -0700
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Jimmy Li <coder.liss@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/staging/vt6655/iwctl.c fix a sparse warning
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On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 12:42:43AM -0700, Jimmy Li wrote:
> fix a sparse warning.
> drivers/staging/vt6655/iwctl.c:1846:35: warning: cast from restricted
> gfp_t
> drivers/staging/vt6655/iwctl.c:1846:35: warning: incorrect type in
> argument 2 (different base types)
> drivers/staging/vt6655/iwctl.c:1846:35:    expected restricted gfp_t
> [usertype] flags
> drivers/staging/vt6655/iwctl.c:1846:35:    got int [signed] <noident>

In the future, please don't line-wrap error/warning messages like this.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Jimmy Li <coder.liss@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/vt6655/iwctl.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6655/iwctl.c b/drivers/staging/vt6655/iwctl.c
> index ac3fc16..5e25535 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vt6655/iwctl.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vt6655/iwctl.c
> @@ -1843,7 +1843,7 @@ int iwctl_siwencodeext(struct net_device *dev,
>  	PRINT_K("SIOCSIWENCODEEXT...... \n");
>  
>  	blen = sizeof(*param);
> -	buf = kmalloc((int)blen, (int)GFP_KERNEL);
> +	buf = kmalloc((int)blen, GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (buf == NULL)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  	memset(buf, 0, blen);
> -- 
> 1.7.10.4

Thanks, I'll queue this up after 3.15-rc1 is out, as my tree is
currently closed.

greg k-h