[next:master 8896/9415] drivers/mtd/nand/hisi504_nand.c:375:26: sparse: cast removes address space of expression

Brian Norris computersforpeace at gmail.com
Thu Feb 12 13:36:45 PST 2015


+ linux-mtd

Hi,

On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 03:49:56PM +0800, kbuild test robot wrote:
> tree:   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master
> head:   5721f7f0f14b682d2e86e9a4aa9025acaf69399d
> commit: 54f531f6e332875bd8a604871532f7f1174adc0e [8896/9415] mtd: hisilicon: add a new NAND controller driver for hisilicon hip04 Soc
> reproduce:
>   # apt-get install sparse
>   git checkout 54f531f6e332875bd8a604871532f7f1174adc0e
>   make ARCH=x86_64 allmodconfig
>   make C=1 CF=-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__
> 
> 
> sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)
> 
> >> drivers/mtd/nand/hisi504_nand.c:375:26: sparse: cast removes address space of expression
> >> drivers/mtd/nand/hisi504_nand.c:380:26: sparse: cast removes address space of expression
>    drivers/mtd/nand/hisi504_nand.c:490:28: sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
>    drivers/mtd/nand/hisi504_nand.c:490:28:    expected void *s
>    drivers/mtd/nand/hisi504_nand.c:490:28:    got void [noderef] <asn:2>*mmio
>    drivers/mtd/nand/hisi504_nand.c:502:28: sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
>    drivers/mtd/nand/hisi504_nand.c:502:28:    expected void *s
>    drivers/mtd/nand/hisi504_nand.c:502:28:    got void [noderef] <asn:2>*mmio
>    drivers/mtd/nand/hisi504_nand.c:625:20: sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
>    drivers/mtd/nand/hisi504_nand.c:625:20:    expected void *s
>    drivers/mtd/nand/hisi504_nand.c:625:20:    got void [noderef] <asn:2>*mmio
>    drivers/mtd/nand/hisi504_nand.c:890:1: sparse: symbol '__UNIQUE_ID_author__COUNTER__' has multiple initializers (originally initialized at drivers/mtd/nand/hisi504_nand.c:889)
> 
> vim +375 drivers/mtd/nand/hisi504_nand.c
> 
>    369	static uint8_t hisi_nfc_read_byte(struct mtd_info *mtd)
>    370	{
>    371		struct nand_chip *chip = mtd->priv;
>    372		struct hinfc_host *host = chip->priv;
>    373	
>    374		if (host->command == NAND_CMD_STATUS)
>  > 375			return *(uint8_t *)(host->mmio);

Yeah, this probably should be readb() or __raw_readb().

Zhou, why did you change this, again? I believe you made this change
somewhere in the several revisions of your driver. I'm inclined to patch
this before sending a pullreq to Linus.

>    376	
>    377		host->offset++;
>    378	
>    379		if (host->command == NAND_CMD_READID)
>  > 380			return *(uint8_t *)(host->mmio + host->offset - 1);

Same here.

>    381	
>    382		return *(uint8_t *)(host->buffer + host->offset - 1);
>    383	}
> 

Brian



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