[PATCH] staging: rtl8723au: change typecast to match type returned by htons()
Jes Sorensen
Jes.Sorensen at redhat.com
Mon Nov 10 20:21:30 UTC 2014
Chris Ruffin <cmruffin at gmail.com> writes:
> Using a u16 pointer typecast for a result from htons() results in the following warning from sparse:
>
> drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_xmit.c:1279:36: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
> drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_xmit.c:1279:36: expected unsigned short [unsigned] [short] [usertype] <noident>
> drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_xmit.c:1279:36: got restricted __be16 [usertype] <noident>
>
> This patch fixes the issue by using an endian-specific typecast
> that will always match the type returned by htons().
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Ruffin <cmruffin at gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_xmit.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Looks fine to me
Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen at redhat.com>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_xmit.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_xmit.c
> index a0f7e27..44ef55c 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_xmit.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_xmit.c
> @@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ s32 rtw_put_snap23a(u8 *data, u16 h_proto)
> snap->oui[0] = oui[0];
> snap->oui[1] = oui[1];
> snap->oui[2] = oui[2];
> - *(u16 *)(data + SNAP_SIZE) = htons(h_proto);
> + *(__be16 *)(data + SNAP_SIZE) = htons(h_proto);
> return SNAP_SIZE + sizeof(u16);
> }
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