Re: [PATCH] virtio_blk: temporary variable type tweak

From: Stefan Hajnoczi
Date: Tue Dec 20 2022 - 14:52:30 EST


On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 07:41:53AM -0500, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> virtblk_result returns blk_status_t which is a bitwise restricted type,
> so we are not supposed to stuff it in a plain int temporary variable.
> All we do with it is pass it on to a function expecting blk_status_t so
> the generated code is ok, but we get warnings from sparse:
>
> drivers/block/virtio_blk.c:326:36: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different base types) @@ expected int status @@
> +got restricted blk_status_t @@
> drivers/block/virtio_blk.c:334:33: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 2 (different base types) @@ expected restricted
> +blk_status_t [usertype] error @@ got int status @@
>
> Make sparse happy by using the correct type.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/block/virtio_blk.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@xxxxxxxxxx>

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