Re: [PATCH v4] staging: slicoss: fix different address space warnings

From	Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v4] staging: slicoss: fix different address space warnings
Date	2016-11-19 14:30 +0100
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On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 06:57:18PM +0100, Sergio Paracuellos wrote:
> Remove incorrect __iomem annotation.
> 
> This patch fix the following sparse warnings in slicoss driver:
> warning: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sergio Paracuellos <sergio.paracuellos@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/slicoss/slic.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/slicoss/slic.h b/drivers/staging/slicoss/slic.h
> index 420546d..14d7555 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/slicoss/slic.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/slicoss/slic.h
> @@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ struct slic_shmemory {
>  	dma_addr_t isr_phaddr;
>  	dma_addr_t lnkstatus_phaddr;
>  	dma_addr_t stats_phaddr;
> -	struct slic_shmem_data __iomem *shmem_data;
> +	struct slic_shmem_data *shmem_data;

But, is this the correct fix?  It looks like shmem_data is being treated
like a pointer to io memory, so we need to use the correct accessors for
that memory, and not just a "raw" pointer, right?  Removing this marking
seems to be moving backwards...

thanks,

greg k-h

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[PATCH v4] staging: slicoss: fix different address space warnings Sergio Paracuellos <sergio.paracuellos@gmail.com> - 2016-11-18 19:00 +0100
  [PATCH v4] staging: slicoss: fix different address space warnings Sergio Paracuellos <sergio.paracuellos@gmail.com> - 2016-11-18 19:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v4] staging: slicoss: fix different address space warnings Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-11-19 14:30 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v4] staging: slicoss: fix different address space warnings Sergio Paracuellos <sergio.paracuellos@gmail.com> - 2016-11-20 09:30 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v4] staging: slicoss: fix different address space warnings Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-11-21 11:10 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v4] staging: slicoss: fix different address space warnings Sergio Paracuellos <sergio.paracuellos@gmail.com> - 2016-11-21 12:10 +0100

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