linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] PCI/AER: Avoid info leak in __print_tlp

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Date:	Wed, 25 Feb 2015 21:06:26 +0000
From:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
CC:	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] PCI/AER: Avoid info leak in __print_tlp_header

> I think we should expect AER to be used on big-endian machines.  I'm
> pretty sure it's used on Itanium in big-endian mode.

Itanium can run in either big or little endian mode - but Linux uses little endian:

arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/byteorder.h:#include <linux/byteorder/little_endian.h>

-Tony