drivers/base/regmap/regmap-i2c.c:340:42: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 3 (different base types)

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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
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commit: bad4bd28abf4d7cb2adcb39cc0de789729d2cd69 regmap-i2c: add SMBus byte/word reg16 bus for adapters lacking I2C_FUNC_I2C
date:   5 weeks ago
config: x86_64-randconfig-122-20260516 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260516/202605161621.mY5zFh4D-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: clang version 20.1.8 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 87f0227cb60147a26a1eeb4fb06e3b505e9c7261)
sparse: v0.6.5-rc1
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260516/202605161621.mY5zFh4D-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Fixes: bad4bd28abf4 ("regmap-i2c: add SMBus byte/word reg16 bus for adapters lacking I2C_FUNC_I2C")
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202605161621.mY5zFh4D-lkp@intel.com/

sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)
>> drivers/base/regmap/regmap-i2c.c:340:42: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 3 (different base types) @@     expected unsigned short [usertype] value @@     got restricted __le16 [usertype] @@
   drivers/base/regmap/regmap-i2c.c:340:42: sparse:     expected unsigned short [usertype] value
   drivers/base/regmap/regmap-i2c.c:340:42: sparse:     got restricted __le16 [usertype]

vim +340 drivers/base/regmap/regmap-i2c.c

   305	
   306	/*
   307	 * SMBus byte/word reg16 support for adapters that have SMBUS_BYTE_DATA
   308	 * and SMBUS_WORD_DATA but lack I2C_FUNC_I2C and I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK,
   309	 * such as the AMD PIIX4.
   310	 *
   311	 * READ:  set 16-bit EEPROM address via write_byte_data(addr_lo, addr_hi),
   312	 *        then sequentially read bytes via read_byte() (EEPROM auto-
   313	 *        increments the address pointer).  Same as the I2C-block reg16
   314	 *        read path above.
   315	 *
   316	 * WRITE: encode the low address byte and data into a word transaction:
   317	 *        write_word_data(addr_hi, (data_byte << 8) | addr_lo).
   318	 *        Only single-byte writes are supported (one value per transaction).
   319	 */
   320	static int regmap_smbus_word_write_reg16(void *context, const void *data,
   321						 size_t count)
   322	{
   323		struct device *dev = context;
   324		struct i2c_client *i2c = to_i2c_client(dev);
   325		u8 addr_hi, addr_lo, val;
   326	
   327		/*
   328		 * data layout: [addr_hi, addr_lo, val0, val1, ...].
   329		 * Only single-byte value writes are supported; multi-byte would
   330		 * require raw I2C (or repeated word writes with incrementing address).
   331		 */
   332		if (count != 3)
   333			return -EINVAL;
   334	
   335		addr_hi = ((u8 *)data)[0];
   336		addr_lo = ((u8 *)data)[1];
   337		val = ((u8 *)data)[2];
   338	
   339		return i2c_smbus_write_word_data(i2c, addr_hi,
 > 340						 cpu_to_le16(((u16)val << 8) | addr_lo));
   341	}
   342	

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