Re: [PATCH v1] Input: ads7846: ads7846_get_value - fix unaligned pointer value warning

From: Oleksij Rempel
Date: Fri Sep 10 2021 - 03:52:04 EST


Hi Dmitry,

On Thu, Sep 09, 2021 at 10:04:16PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Hi Oleksij,
>
> On Wed, Jul 07, 2021 at 02:41:15PM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> > Fix warning reported by the kernel test robot:
> > drivers/input/touchscreen/ads7846.c:705:24: warning: taking address
> > of packed member 'data' of class or structure 'ads7846_buf' may result
> > in an unaligned pointer value [-Waddress-of-packed-member]
> >
> > Fixes: 6965eece2a89 ("Input: ads7846 - convert to one message")
> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/input/touchscreen/ads7846.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/ads7846.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/ads7846.c
> > index adb4c2230c31..1987dedac94f 100644
> > --- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/ads7846.c
> > +++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/ads7846.c
> > @@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ static int ads7846_get_value(struct ads7846_buf *buf)
> > {
> > int value;
> >
> > - value = be16_to_cpup(&buf->data);
> > + value = get_unaligned_be16(&buf->data);
>
> ds7846_buf is declared as packed so I believe using be16_to_cpu(buf->data)
> will suffice.

The pointer to the data is is off by 8 bits, so it is not naturally
aligned. This is why we need to use function which is dealing with
unaligned pointers.

Regards,
Oleksij
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