Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] hwmon: (adt7475) Convert to use device_property APIs

From: kernel test robot
Date: Fri Apr 21 2023 - 00:34:20 EST


Hi Chris,

kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:

[auto build test ERROR on groeck-staging/hwmon-next]
[also build test ERROR on linus/master v6.3-rc7]
[cannot apply to next-20230420]
[If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
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url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Chris-Packham/hwmon-adt7475-Use-device_property-APIs-when-configuring-polarity/20230419-074117
base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/groeck/linux-staging.git hwmon-next
patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230418233656.869055-3-chris.packham%40alliedtelesis.co.nz
patch subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] hwmon: (adt7475) Convert to use device_property APIs
config: i386-randconfig-a013 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20230421/202304211232.U03a7306-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
compiler: clang version 14.0.6 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project f28c006a5895fc0e329fe15fead81e37457cb1d1)
reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
# https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commit/59836340c66130951595e2adebf284eca3063ccd
git remote add linux-review https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux
git fetch --no-tags linux-review Chris-Packham/hwmon-adt7475-Use-device_property-APIs-when-configuring-polarity/20230419-074117
git checkout 59836340c66130951595e2adebf284eca3063ccd
# save the config file
mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config
COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=clang make.cross W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=i386 olddefconfig
COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=clang make.cross W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=i386 SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/hwmon/ drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ kernel/rcu/

If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
| Link: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202304211232.U03a7306-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> drivers/hwmon/adt7475.c:1471:36: error: passing 'const struct device *' to parameter of type 'struct device *' discards qualifiers [-Werror,-Wincompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers]
ret = device_property_read_string(&client->dev, propname, &function);
^~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/property.h:54:48: note: passing argument to parameter 'dev' here
int device_property_read_string(struct device *dev, const char *propname,
^
drivers/hwmon/adt7475.c:1497:36: error: passing 'const struct device *' to parameter of type 'struct device *' discards qualifiers [-Werror,-Wincompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers]
ret = device_property_read_string(&client->dev, propname, &function);
^~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/property.h:54:48: note: passing argument to parameter 'dev' here
int device_property_read_string(struct device *dev, const char *propname,
^
drivers/hwmon/adt7475.c:1559:37: error: passing 'const struct device *' to parameter of type 'struct device *' discards qualifiers [-Werror,-Wincompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers]
int ret = device_property_read_u32(&client->dev, property,
^~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/property.h:164:59: note: passing argument to parameter 'dev' here
static inline int device_property_read_u32(struct device *dev,
^
3 errors generated.


vim +1471 drivers/hwmon/adt7475.c

1464
1465 static int load_config3(const struct i2c_client *client, const char *propname)
1466 {
1467 const char *function;
1468 u8 config3;
1469 int ret;
1470
> 1471 ret = device_property_read_string(&client->dev, propname, &function);
1472 if (!ret) {
1473 ret = adt7475_read(REG_CONFIG3);
1474 if (ret < 0)
1475 return ret;
1476
1477 config3 = ret & ~CONFIG3_SMBALERT;
1478 if (!strcmp("pwm2", function))
1479 ;
1480 else if (!strcmp("smbalert#", function))
1481 config3 |= CONFIG3_SMBALERT;
1482 else
1483 return -EINVAL;
1484
1485 return i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, REG_CONFIG3, config3);
1486 }
1487
1488 return 0;
1489 }
1490

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