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* [PATCH] mdio: mdio_if_info::mmds should not be __bitwise
@ 2009-08-18 16:59 Ben Hutchings
  2009-08-19  3:13 ` David Miller
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Ben Hutchings @ 2009-08-18 16:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David Miller; +Cc: netdev, linux-net-drivers

I misunderstood the meaning of __bitwise.  In practice it makes sparse
warn about every use of mmds which is certainly not what we want.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
---
This should be safe to include in 2.6.31 but it's hardly critical.

Ben.

 include/linux/mdio.h |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mdio.h b/include/linux/mdio.h
index cfdf1df..c779b49 100644
--- a/include/linux/mdio.h
+++ b/include/linux/mdio.h
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ static inline __u16 mdio_phy_id_devad(int phy_id)
  */
 struct mdio_if_info {
 	int prtad;
-	u32 __bitwise mmds;
+	u32 mmds;
 	unsigned mode_support;
 
 	struct net_device *dev;

-- 
Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications
Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job.
They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked.


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* Re: [PATCH] mdio: mdio_if_info::mmds should not be __bitwise
  2009-08-18 16:59 [PATCH] mdio: mdio_if_info::mmds should not be __bitwise Ben Hutchings
@ 2009-08-19  3:13 ` David Miller
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: David Miller @ 2009-08-19  3:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: bhutchings; +Cc: netdev, linux-net-drivers

From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:59:38 +0100

> I misunderstood the meaning of __bitwise.  In practice it makes sparse
> warn about every use of mmds which is certainly not what we want.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
> ---
> This should be safe to include in 2.6.31 but it's hardly critical.

Applied to net-next-2.6, thanks.

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