linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] qedf: fix wrong le16 conversion

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Date:   Thu, 23 Mar 2017 10:19:03 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     QLogic-Storage-Upstream@...ium.com,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Ram Amrani <Ram.Amrani@...ium.com>,
        Chad Dupuis <Chad.Dupuis@...ium.com>,
        Tomer Tayar <Tomer.Tayar@...ium.com>,
        "Mintz\, Yuval" <Yuval.Mintz@...ium.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] qedf: fix wrong le16 conversion

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> writes:

> gcc points out that we are converting a 16-bit integer into a 32-bit
> little-endian type and assigning that to 16-bit little-endian
> will end up with a zero:
>
> drivers/scsi/qedf/drv_fcoe_fw_funcs.c: In function 'init_initiator_rw_fcoe_task':
> include/uapi/linux/byteorder/big_endian.h:32:26: error: large integer implicitly truncated to unsigned type [-Werror=overflow]
>   t_st_ctx->read_write.rx_id = cpu_to_le32(FCOE_RX_ID);
>
> The correct solution appears to be to just use a 16-bit byte swap instead.
>
> Fixes: be086e7c53f1 ("qed*: Utilize Firmware 8.15.3.0")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/qedf/drv_fcoe_fw_funcs.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Dave: Since you queued the firmware patch, mind taking this fix through
your tree?

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering