This patch fix complains by the sparse tool when using kfifo_put() with non
scalar types like structures (i.e. drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c).
Casting a pointer to the value and read this pointer instead of directly casting
the value will fix this.
The generated code is equal.
Signed-off-by: Stefani Seibold <stef...@seibold.net>
---
include/linux/kfifo.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/kfifo.h b/include/linux/kfifo.h
index 473b436..41eb6fd 100644
--- a/include/linux/kfifo.h
+++ b/include/linux/kfifo.h
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ __kfifo_int_must_check_helper( \
((typeof(__tmp->type))__kfifo->data) : \
(__tmp->buf) \
)[__kfifo->in & __tmp->kfifo.mask] = \
- (typeof(*__tmp->type))__val; \
+ *(typeof(__tmp->type))&__val; \
smp_wmb(); \
__kfifo->in++; \
} \
--
2.7.1
