linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2] include/linux/skbuff.h: using '(u16) ~0U' instead of '~0U'

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Message-ID: <AE90C24D6B3A694183C094C60CF0A2F6026B7262@saturn3.aculab.com>
Date:	Mon, 3 Jun 2013 13:26:29 +0100
From:	"David Laight" <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:	"Chen Gang" <gang.chen@...anux.com>,
	"Andy Shevchenko" <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
	<edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc:	"Pravin Shelar" <pshelar@...ira.com>, <mgorman@...e.de>,
	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "netdev" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Ben Hutchings" <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2] include/linux/skbuff.h: using '(u16) ~0U' instead of '~0U'

> +#define SKB_HEADER_UNSET_16	((unsigned short) ~0U)
> +

The _16 part isn't really correct, the type could be changed
and then it would be wrong.

I think I might have used SKB_HEADER_OFFSET.

	David