Re: [PATCH net] ipv4: remove sparse error in ip_neigh_gw4()

[David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>]

On 1/26/22 6:34 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> 
> ./include/net/route.h:373:48: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different base types)
> ./include/net/route.h:373:48:    expected unsigned int [usertype] key
> ./include/net/route.h:373:48:    got restricted __be32 [usertype] daddr
> 
> Fixes: 5c9f7c1dfc2e ("ipv4: Add helpers for neigh lookup for nexthop")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
> ---
>  include/net/route.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/net/route.h b/include/net/route.h
> index 4c858dcf1aa8cd1988746e55eb698ad4425fd77b..25404fc2b48374c69081b8c72c2ea1dbbc09ed7f 100644
> --- a/include/net/route.h
> +++ b/include/net/route.h
> @@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ static inline struct neighbour *ip_neigh_gw4(struct net_device *dev,
>  {
>  	struct neighbour *neigh;
>  
> -	neigh = __ipv4_neigh_lookup_noref(dev, daddr);
> +	neigh = __ipv4_neigh_lookup_noref(dev, (__force u32)daddr);
>  	if (unlikely(!neigh))
>  		neigh = __neigh_create(&arp_tbl, &daddr, dev, false);
>  

I think __ipv4_neigh_lookup_noref can be changed to __be32 and remove
the (__force u32) from a couple of callers, but more like net-next material.

Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>