netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/3] ravb: fix byte order for TX descriptor tag field lower bits

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Date:   Mon, 16 Jul 2018 17:47:04 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Niklas Söderlund 
        <niklas.soderlund+renesas@...natech.se>
Cc:     Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ravb: fix byte order for TX descriptor tag field
 lower bits

On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 2:20 PM Niklas Söderlund
<niklas.soderlund+renesas@...natech.se> wrote:
> The wrong helper is used to swap the bytes when adding the lower bits of
> the TX descriptors tag field in the shared ds_tagl variable. The
> variable contains the DS[11:0] field and then the TAG[3:0] bits.
>
> The mistake was highlighted by the sparse warning:
>
> ravb_main.c:1622:31:    left side has type restricted __le16
> ravb_main.c:1622:31:    right side has type unsigned short
> ravb_main.c:1622:31: warning: invalid assignment: |=
> ravb_main.c:1622:34: warning: cast to restricted __le16
>
> Signed-off-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund+renesas@...natech.se>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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