[PATCH 3/3] net: macb: fix compiler warning for 64 bit systems

Ahmad Fatoum a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Thu Oct 15 09:29:01 EDT 2020


Hello,

On 10/15/20 3:20 PM, Michael Tretter wrote:
> On arm64 the compiler prints the following warning, when the macb driver
> is enabled:
> 
> 	warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
> 
> Add the same explicit cast as implemented for all other dma addresses in
> the macb driver.
> 
> Fixes: befd110b5922 ("net: macb: init multiple dummy TX queues")

I don't think this qualifies as a fix. You just silence the compiler
warning you that your truncate the upper 32 bits of your buffer's
address. This works because your SDRAM's location in physical memory
is below 4G.

> Signed-off-by: Michael Tretter <m.tretter at pengutronix.de>
> ---
>  drivers/net/macb.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/macb.c b/drivers/net/macb.c
> index fa530cfe8e4c..188dbf2d8c15 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/macb.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/macb.c
> @@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ static int gmac_init_dummy_tx_queues(struct macb_device *macb)
>  		MACB_BIT(TX_LAST) | MACB_BIT(TX_USED);
>  
>  	for (i = 1; i < num_queues; i++)
> -		gem_writel_queue_TBQP(macb, &macb->gem_q1_descs[0], i - 1);
> +		gem_writel_queue_TBQP(macb, (ulong)macb->gem_q1_descs, i - 1);
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }
> 

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