Re: [PATCH 3/3] net: macb: fix __be32 warnings in debug code

From: Simon Horman
Date: Thu Jun 22 2023 - 11:45:12 EST


On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 02:05:07PM +0100, Ben Dooks wrote:
> The netdev_dbg() calls in gem_add_flow_filter() and gem_del_flow_filter()
> call ntohl() on the ipv4 addresses, which will put them into the host order
> but not the right type (returns a __be32, not an u32 as would be expected).
>
> Chaning the htonl() to nthol() should still do the right conversion, return
> the correct u32 type and should not change any functional to remove the
> following sparse warnings:
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3568:9: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different base types)
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3568:9: expected unsigned int [usertype] val
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3568:9: got restricted __be32 [usertype] ip4src
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3568:9: warning: cast from restricted __be32
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3568:9: warning: cast from restricted __be32
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3568:9: warning: cast from restricted __be32
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3568:9: warning: cast from restricted __be32
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3568:9: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different base types)
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3568:9: expected unsigned int [usertype] val
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3568:9: got restricted __be32 [usertype] ip4dst
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3568:9: warning: cast from restricted __be32
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3568:9: warning: cast from restricted __be32
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3568:9: warning: cast from restricted __be32
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3568:9: warning: cast from restricted __be32
> d
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3622:25: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different base types)
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3622:25: expected unsigned int [usertype] val
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3622:25: got restricted __be32 [usertype] ip4src
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3622:25: warning: cast from restricted __be32
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3622:25: warning: cast from restricted __be32
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3622:25: warning: cast from restricted __be32
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3622:25: warning: cast from restricted __be32
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3622:25: warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different base types)
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3622:25: expected unsigned int [usertype] val
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3622:25: got restricted __be32 [usertype] ip4dst
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3622:25: warning: cast from restricted __be32
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3622:25: warning: cast from restricted __be32
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3622:25: warning: cast from restricted __be32
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3622:25: warning: cast from restricted __be32
>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Ben,

this code-change looks good to me, but I have a few minor nits for your
consideration.

1. Please specify the target tree, in this case net-next, for patch sets
for Networking code.

Subject: [PATCH net-next ...] ...

2. It might be nicer to write '.../macb_main.c' or similar,
rather tha nthe full path, in the patch description.

3. checkpatch --codespell says: 'Chaning' -> 'Chaining'

> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
> index 56e202b74bd7..59a90c2b307f 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c
> @@ -3568,8 +3568,8 @@ static int gem_add_flow_filter(struct net_device *netdev,
> netdev_dbg(netdev,
> "Adding flow filter entry,type=%u,queue=%u,loc=%u,src=%08X,dst=%08X,ps=%u,pd=%u\n",
> fs->flow_type, (int)fs->ring_cookie, fs->location,
> - htonl(fs->h_u.tcp_ip4_spec.ip4src),
> - htonl(fs->h_u.tcp_ip4_spec.ip4dst),
> + ntohl(fs->h_u.tcp_ip4_spec.ip4src),
> + ntohl(fs->h_u.tcp_ip4_spec.ip4dst),
> be16_to_cpu(fs->h_u.tcp_ip4_spec.psrc),
> be16_to_cpu(fs->h_u.tcp_ip4_spec.pdst));
>
> @@ -3622,8 +3622,8 @@ static int gem_del_flow_filter(struct net_device *netdev,
> netdev_dbg(netdev,
> "Deleting flow filter entry,type=%u,queue=%u,loc=%u,src=%08X,dst=%08X,ps=%u,pd=%u\n",
> fs->flow_type, (int)fs->ring_cookie, fs->location,
> - htonl(fs->h_u.tcp_ip4_spec.ip4src),
> - htonl(fs->h_u.tcp_ip4_spec.ip4dst),
> + ntohl(fs->h_u.tcp_ip4_spec.ip4src),
> + ntohl(fs->h_u.tcp_ip4_spec.ip4dst),
> be16_to_cpu(fs->h_u.tcp_ip4_spec.psrc),
> be16_to_cpu(fs->h_u.tcp_ip4_spec.pdst));
>
> --
> 2.40.1
>
>