Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/5] staging: sm750fb: Use memset_io instead of memset

Dan Carpenter
2015-03-18T10:17:33Z

Why is there a RESEND in the subject.

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 08:57:22AM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> This patch uses memset_io instead of memset when using memset on __iomem
> qualified pointers. This fixes the following sparse warnings:-
>
> drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c:489:17: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c:490:17: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c:501:17: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c:502:17: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c:833:5: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c:1154:9: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
>

This changelog still sucks. It doesn't describe the effect of this
behavior change for the user. It doesn't even make it clear that you
are aware that this is a behavior change.

regards,
dan carpenter