# Re: \[PATCH v7 1/7\] fbdev/hitfb: Cast I/O offset to address

- From: Thomas Zimmermann \<tzimmermann@suse.de\>
- Date: 2023-05-12 11:45:35 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2023/05/2195676
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-arch/2023/05/2195549/t.md

```text
Hi

Am 12.05.23 um 13:16 schrieb David Laight:
> From: Thomas Zimmermann
>> Sent: 12 May 2023 11:25
>>
>> Cast I/O offsets to pointers to use them with I/O functions. The I/O
>> functions expect pointers of type 'volatile void __iomem *', but the
>> offsets are plain integers. Build warnings are
>>
>>    ../drivers/video/fbdev/hitfb.c: In function 'hitfb_accel_wait':
>>    ../arch/x86/include/asm/hd64461.h:18:33: warning: passing argument 1 of 'fb_readw' makes pointer
>> from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion]
>>     18 | #define HD64461_IO_OFFSET(x)    (HD64461_IOBASE + (x))
>>        |                                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ...
>>     52 | static inline u16 fb_readw(const volatile void __iomem *addr)
>>        |                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~
>>
>> This patch only fixes the build warnings. It's not clear if the I/O
>> offsets can legally be passed to the I/O helpers. It was apparently
>> broken in 2007 when custom inw()/outw() helpers got removed by
>> commit 34a780a0afeb ("sh: hp6xx pata_platform support."). Fixing the
>> driver would require setting the I/O base address.
>
> Did you try changing the definition of HD64461_IOBASE to include
> a (volatile void __iomem *) cast?

I thought about it, but didn't try it. I didn't want bend the meaning of OFFSET and IOBASE too much. They sound like integer constants to me.

> A lot less churn...
>
> I'm guessing that 'sh' deosn't have in/out instructions so this
> is something that is always mapped at a fixed kernel virtual address?

No idea. I cannot try the driver and was only able to build it by hacking up something that makes COMPILE_TEST work.

The current patch seemed like the safest bet, even with the churn.

Best regards
Thomas

>
> 	David
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