linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] drivers: staging: rtl8192u: ieee80211: ieee80211_softmac.c: auth parse error code byte order fix

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Date:	Mon, 25 May 2015 19:31:18 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:	tolga ceylan <tolga.ceylan@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Cristina Opriceana <cristina.opriceana@...il.com>,
	Haneen Mohammed <hamohammed.sa@...il.com>,
	Greg Donald <gdonald@...il.com>,
	Aya Mahfouz <mahfouz.saif.elyazal@...il.com>,
	Benoit Taine <benoit.taine@...6.fr>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] drivers: staging: rtl8192u: ieee80211:
 ieee80211_softmac.c: auth parse error code byte order fix

Good advice.  This was actually found by Sparse and the changelog should
say:

Sparse complains about this:

ieee80211_softmac.c:1561:16: warning: cast from restricted __le16
ieee80211_softmac.c:1561:16: warning: incorrect type in return expression (different base types)
ieee80211_softmac.c:1561:16:    expected unsigned short
ieee80211_softmac.c:1561:16:    got restricted __le16 [usertype] <noident>

The caller basically only cares about zero and non-zero so it doesn't
affect runtime (except for making an debug message more accurate).

regards,
dan carpenter
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