netdev - [PATCH] net: net_device flags is an unsigned int

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Date:	Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:34:37 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] net: net_device flags is an unsigned int

commit b00055aacdb ([NET] core: add RFC2863 operstate) changed
net_device flags from unsigned short to unsigned int.

Some core functions still assume its an unsigned short.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
---
 net/core/dev.c |    6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 1482eea..1c345cf 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4538,7 +4538,7 @@ static void dev_change_rx_flags(struct net_device *dev, int flags)
 
 static int __dev_set_promiscuity(struct net_device *dev, int inc)
 {
-	unsigned short old_flags = dev->flags;
+	typeof(dev->flags) old_flags = dev->flags;
 	uid_t uid;
 	gid_t gid;
 
@@ -4595,7 +4595,7 @@ static int __dev_set_promiscuity(struct net_device *dev, int inc)
  */
 int dev_set_promiscuity(struct net_device *dev, int inc)
 {
-	unsigned short old_flags = dev->flags;
+	typeof(dev->flags) old_flags = dev->flags;
 	int err;
 
 	err = __dev_set_promiscuity(dev, inc);
@@ -4622,7 +4622,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_promiscuity);
 
 int dev_set_allmulti(struct net_device *dev, int inc)
 {
-	unsigned short old_flags = dev->flags;
+	typeof(dev->flags) old_flags = dev->flags;
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 


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