Hi Yu,

Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve:

[auto build test WARNING on linus/master] [also build test WARNING on v5.18-rc3 next-20220421] [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 https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch]

url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Yu-Zhe/batman-adv-remove-unne... base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git b253435746d9a4a701b5f09211b9c14d3370d0da config: parisc-randconfig-s031-20220421 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20220422/202204221227.5z0xsJa9-lkp@i...) compiler: hppa-linux-gcc (GCC) 11.2.0 reproduce: wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-dirty # https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commit/2474b41c585e849d3546e0aba8f3c8... git remote add linux-review https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux git fetch --no-tags linux-review Yu-Zhe/batman-adv-remove-unnecessary-type-castings/20220421-235254 git checkout 2474b41c585e849d3546e0aba8f3c862735a04ff # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-11.2.0 make.cross C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' O=build_dir ARCH=parisc SHELL=/bin/bash net/batman-adv/

If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate Reported-by: kernel test robot lkp@intel.com

sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)

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net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c:68:42: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different modifiers) @@ expected struct batadv_bla_claim *claim @@ got void const *data @@

net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c:68:42: sparse: expected struct batadv_bla_claim *claim net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c:68:42: sparse: got void const *data

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net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c:68:42: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different modifiers) @@ expected struct batadv_bla_claim *claim @@ got void const *data @@

net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c:68:42: sparse: expected struct batadv_bla_claim *claim net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c:68:42: sparse: got void const *data --

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net/batman-adv/translation-table.c:109:12: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different modifiers) @@ expected struct batadv_tt_common_entry *tt @@ got void const *data @@

net/batman-adv/translation-table.c:109:12: sparse: expected struct batadv_tt_common_entry *tt net/batman-adv/translation-table.c:109:12: sparse: got void const *data

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net/batman-adv/translation-table.c:109:12: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in assignment (different modifiers) @@ expected struct batadv_tt_common_entry *tt @@ got void const *data @@

net/batman-adv/translation-table.c:109:12: sparse: expected struct batadv_tt_common_entry *tt net/batman-adv/translation-table.c:109:12: sparse: got void const *data

vim +68 net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c

53 54 static void batadv_bla_periodic_work(struct work_struct *work); 55 static void 56 batadv_bla_send_announce(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, 57 struct batadv_bla_backbone_gw *backbone_gw); 58 59 /** 60 * batadv_choose_claim() - choose the right bucket for a claim. 61 * @data: data to hash 62 * @size: size of the hash table 63 * 64 * Return: the hash index of the claim 65 */ 66 static inline u32 batadv_choose_claim(const void *data, u32 size) 67 {

68 struct batadv_bla_claim *claim = data;

69 u32 hash = 0; 70 71 hash = jhash(&claim->addr, sizeof(claim->addr), hash); 72 hash = jhash(&claim->vid, sizeof(claim->vid), hash); 73 74 return hash % size; 75 } 76