linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: wilc1000: Fix type of argument in ieee80211_is

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Date:   Tue, 12 Jun 2018 16:14:13 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Nishad Kamdar <nishadkamdar@...il.com>
Cc:     Aditya Shankar <aditya.shankar@...rochip.com>,
        Ganesh Krishna <ganesh.krishna@...rochip.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: wilc1000: Fix type of argument in
 ieee80211_is_action()

On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 12:40:17PM +0530, Nishad Kamdar wrote:
> Type used is unsigned char but expected is restricted __le16.
> Warning reported by sparse. Part of eudyptula challenge.
> 

The code is buggy, but this fix just papers over it.  We discussed this
code earlier.

https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/6/5/304

regards,
dan carpenter