Hi "Michael, I love your patch! Perhaps something to improve: [auto build test WARNING on net/master] [cannot apply to net-next/master v5.4 next-20191128] [if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improve the system. BTW, we also suggest to use '--base' option to specify the base tree in git format-patch, please see https://stackoverflow.com/a/37406982] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Michael-S-Tsirkin/Re-PATCH-net-n... base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git 312434617cb16be5166316cf9d08ba760b1042a1 reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.1-39-gd06e1d2-dirty make ARCH=x86_64 allmodconfig make C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp(a)intel.com&gt; sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>) drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.c:2246:9: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different base types) @@ expected unsigned int [usertype] @@ got restrunsigned int [usertype] @@ drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.c:2246:9: sparse: expected unsigned int [usertype] drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.c:2246:9: sparse: got restricted __le32 [usertype] drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.c:2247:9: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different base types) @@ expected unsigned int [usertype] @@ got restrunsigned int [usertype] @@ drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.c:2247:9: sparse: expected unsigned int [usertype] drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.c:2247:9: sparse: got restricted __le32 [usertype] vim +936 drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.c d95089dc54ad07 drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.c Ben Greear 2012-02-10 926 48dfcde46ef23c drivers/net/8139too.c Stephen Hemminger 2008-11-19 927 static const struct net_device_ops rtl8139_netdev_ops = { 48dfcde46ef23c drivers/net/8139too.c Stephen Hemminger 2008-11-19 928 .ndo_open = rtl8139_open, 48dfcde46ef23c drivers/net/8139too.c Stephen Hemminger 2008-11-19 929 .ndo_stop = rtl8139_close, 9184a22701ed25 drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.c Junchang Wang 2012-03-05 930 .ndo_get_stats64 = rtl8139_get_stats64, 48dfcde46ef23c drivers/net/8139too.c Stephen Hemminger 2008-11-19 931 .ndo_validate_addr = eth_validate_addr, bda6a15a0d283d drivers/net/8139too.c Jiri Pirko 2009-03-13 932 .ndo_set_mac_address = rtl8139_set_mac_address, 008298231abbeb drivers/net/8139too.c Stephen Hemminger 2008-11-20 933 .ndo_start_xmit = rtl8139_start_xmit, afc4b13df14312 drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.c Jiri Pirko 2011-08-16 934 .ndo_set_rx_mode = rtl8139_set_rx_mode, 48dfcde46ef23c drivers/net/8139too.c Stephen Hemminger 2008-11-19 935 .ndo_do_ioctl = netdev_ioctl, 48dfcde46ef23c drivers/net/8139too.c Stephen Hemminger 2008-11-19 @936 .ndo_tx_timeout = rtl8139_tx_timeout, 48dfcde46ef23c drivers/net/8139too.c Stephen Hemminger 2008-11-19 937 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER 48dfcde46ef23c drivers/net/8139too.c Stephen Hemminger 2008-11-19 938 .ndo_poll_controller = rtl8139_poll_controller, 48dfcde46ef23c drivers/net/8139too.c Stephen Hemminger 2008-11-19 939 #endif d95089dc54ad07 drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/8139too.c Ben Greear 2012-02-10 940 .ndo_set_features = rtl8139_set_features, 48dfcde46ef23c drivers/net/8139too.c Stephen Hemminger 2008-11-19 941 }; ^1da177e4c3f41 drivers/net/8139too.c Linus Torvalds 2005-04-16 942 :::::: The code at line 936 was first introduced by commit :::::: 48dfcde46ef23cfad1e0c0f13d4eae15c7f46efc 8139: convert to net_device_ops :::::: TO: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger(a)vyatta.com&gt; :::::: CC: David S. Miller <davem(a)davemloft.net&gt; --- 0-DAY kernel test infrastructure Open Source Technology Center https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-all@lists.01.org Intel Corporation