1:21 a.m.
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 3:27 PM kernel test robot <lkp(a)intel.com> wrote:
"sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)"
drivers/iio/magnetometer/ak8974.c:408:16: sparse: sparse: cast to restricted __le16
drivers/iio/magnetometer/ak8974.c:485:29: sparse: sparse: cast to restricted __le16
>> drivers/iio/magnetometer/ak8974.c:511:40: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in
argument 2 (different base types) @@ expected signed short [usertype] *result @@
got restricted __le16 * @@
drivers/iio/magnetometer/ak8974.c:511:40: sparse: expected signed short [usertype]
*result
drivers/iio/magnetometer/ak8974.c:511:40: sparse: got restricted __le16 *
I don't understand this, is sparse warning about implicit casting __le16
to signed short or the other way around?
It seems to me to reasonable to allow anyway, I don't even see how
we could avoid that except using explicit casts.
Yours,
Linus Walleij