Re: [PATCH] fs/ntfs3: fix wrong cast in xattr.c

[Konstantin Komarov]

On 15.11.2022 12:17, Daniel Pinto wrote:
> cpu_to_be32 and be32_to_cpu respectively return and receive
> __be32, change the cast to the correct types.
>
> Fixes the following sparse warnings:
> fs/ntfs3/xattr.c:811:48: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in
>                           assignment (different base types)
> fs/ntfs3/xattr.c:901:34: sparse: sparse: cast to restricted __be32
>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Pinto <danielpinto52@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   fs/ntfs3/xattr.c | 4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c b/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
> index 8620a7b4b3e6..6056ecbe8e4f 100644
> --- a/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
> +++ b/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c
> @@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ static int ntfs_getxattr(const struct xattr_handler *handler, struct dentry *de,
>   			err = sizeof(u32);
>   			*(u32 *)buffer = le32_to_cpu(ni->std_fa);
>   			if (!strcmp(name, SYSTEM_NTFS_ATTRIB_BE))
> -				*(u32 *)buffer = cpu_to_be32(*(u32 *)buffer);
> +				*(__be32 *)buffer = cpu_to_be32(*(u32 *)buffer);
>   		}
>   		goto out;
>   	}
> @@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ static noinline int ntfs_setxattr(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
>   		if (size != sizeof(u32))
>   			goto out;
>   		if (!strcmp(name, SYSTEM_NTFS_ATTRIB_BE))
> -			new_fa = cpu_to_le32(be32_to_cpu(*(u32 *)value));
> +			new_fa = cpu_to_le32(be32_to_cpu(*(__be32 *)value));
>   		else
>   			new_fa = cpu_to_le32(*(u32 *)value);

Thank you for your work, applied!