2024-05-16 22:52:00

by Andrew Lunn

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] net: smc91x: Fix pointer types

On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 12:30:05AM +0200, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Use void __iomem pointers as parameters for mcf_insw() and mcf_outsw()
> to align with the parameter types of readw() and writew() to fix the
> following warnings reported by kernel test robot:
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c:590:9: sparse: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c:590:9: sparse: expected void *a
> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c:590:9: sparse: got void [noderef] __iomem *
> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c:590:9: sparse: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c:590:9: sparse: expected void *a
> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c:590:9: sparse: got void [noderef] __iomem *
> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c:590:9: sparse: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c:590:9: sparse: expected void *a
> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c:590:9: sparse: got void [noderef] __iomem *
> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c:483:17: sparse: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c:483:17: sparse: expected void *a
> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c:483:17: sparse: got void [noderef] __iomem *
>
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <[email protected]>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <[email protected]>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/[email protected]/
> Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <[email protected]>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Use lp->base instead of __ioaddr as suggested by Andrew Lunn. They are
> essentially the same, but using lp->base results in a smaller diff
> - Remove whitespace only changes as suggested by Andrew Lunn
> - Preserve Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre tag (please let me know if you
> somehow disagree with the changes in v2 or v3)
>
> Changes in v3:
> - Revert changing the macros as this is unnecessary. Neither the types
> nor the __iomem attributes get lost across macro boundaries
> - Preserve Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn tag (please let me know if you
> somehow disagree with the changes in v3)

This fixes the warning, but we still have the macro accessing things
not passed to them. If you are going to brother to fix the warnings,
it would also be good to fix the bad practice. Please make a patchset
to do this.

It would also be good if you read:

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-netdev.html

Andrew


2024-05-17 02:26:34

by Thorsten Blum

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] net: smc91x: Fix pointer types

On 17. May 2024, at 00:51, Andrew Lunn <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 12:30:05AM +0200, Thorsten Blum wrote:
>> Use void __iomem pointers as parameters for mcf_insw() and mcf_outsw()
>> to align with the parameter types of readw() and writew() to fix the
>> following warnings reported by kernel test robot:
>>
>> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c:590:9: sparse: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
>> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c:590:9: sparse: expected void *a
>> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c:590:9: sparse: got void [noderef] __iomem *
>> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c:590:9: sparse: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
>> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c:590:9: sparse: expected void *a
>> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c:590:9: sparse: got void [noderef] __iomem *
>> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c:590:9: sparse: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
>> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c:590:9: sparse: expected void *a
>> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c:590:9: sparse: got void [noderef] __iomem *
>> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c:483:17: sparse: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
>> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c:483:17: sparse: expected void *a
>> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c:483:17: sparse: got void [noderef] __iomem *
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <[email protected]>
>> Reported-by: kernel test robot <[email protected]>
>> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/[email protected]/
>> Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <[email protected]>
>> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <[email protected]>
>> ---
>> Changes in v2:
>> - Use lp->base instead of __ioaddr as suggested by Andrew Lunn. They are
>> essentially the same, but using lp->base results in a smaller diff
>> - Remove whitespace only changes as suggested by Andrew Lunn
>> - Preserve Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre tag (please let me know if you
>> somehow disagree with the changes in v2 or v3)
>>
>> Changes in v3:
>> - Revert changing the macros as this is unnecessary. Neither the types
>> nor the __iomem attributes get lost across macro boundaries
>> - Preserve Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn tag (please let me know if you
>> somehow disagree with the changes in v3)
>
> This fixes the warning, but we still have the macro accessing things
> not passed to them. If you are going to brother to fix the warnings,
> it would also be good to fix the bad practice. Please make a patchset
> to do this.

I would prefer to submit another patch to fix the macros. I submitted v3
because the patch description for v2 was wrong (type information or
attributes don't get lost across macro boundaries) and the macro changes
are unnecessary to fix the warnings.

I should never have changed the macros, but after first adding __iomem
to mcf_insw() and mcf_outsw(), I kept getting the same errors and looked
for the problem in the SMC_* macros. I probably didn't do a clean build
or forgot to save my changes and just refactored the macros as a side
effect.

> It would also be good if you read:
>
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-netdev.html

Will do.

Thanks,
Thorsten

2024-05-17 10:42:23

by Thorsten Blum

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] net: smc91x: Fix pointer types

On 17. May 2024, at 01:21, Thorsten Blum <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 17. May 2024, at 00:51, Andrew Lunn <[email protected]> wrote:
>> It would also be good if you read:
>>
>> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-netdev.html
>
> Will do.

Reading this was helpful and I learned that:
- net-next is closed during a merge window
- patches should be prefixed with the tree name

I'll submit the patch that cleans up ioaddr from all SMC_* macros when
net-next is open again.

Thanks,
Thorsten