Re: [net PATCH v2] net: hsr: fix incorrect type usage for protocol variable

[Murali Karicheri]

Hi David,

On 5/6/20 5:31 PM, Murali Karicheri wrote:
> Fix following sparse checker warning:-
>
> net/hsr/hsr_slave.c:38:18: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
> net/hsr/hsr_slave.c:38:18:    expected unsigned short [unsigned] [usertype] protocol
> net/hsr/hsr_slave.c:38:18:    got restricted __be16 [usertype] h_proto
> net/hsr/hsr_slave.c:39:25: warning: restricted __be16 degrades to integer
> net/hsr/hsr_slave.c:39:57: warning: restricted __be16 degrades to integer
>
> Signed-off-by: Murali Karicheri <m-karicheri2@xxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Vinicius Costa Gomes <vinicius.gomes@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   v2 : Added Acked-by from Vinicius Costa Gomes
>   net/hsr/hsr_slave.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_slave.c b/net/hsr/hsr_slave.c
> index f4b9f7a3ce51..25b6ffba26cd 100644
> --- a/net/hsr/hsr_slave.c
> +++ b/net/hsr/hsr_slave.c
> @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ static rx_handler_result_t hsr_handle_frame(struct sk_buff **pskb)
>   {
>   	struct sk_buff *skb = *pskb;
>   	struct hsr_port *port;
> -	u16 protocol;
> +	__be16 protocol;
>   
>   	if (!skb_mac_header_was_set(skb)) {
>   		WARN_ONCE(1, "%s: skb invalid", __func__);
I saw that you have applied the initial patch to net-next. Please ignore 
this.

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Murali Karicheri
Texas Instruments