linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192u: ieee80211: Silence sparse endianness warning

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Date:	Mon, 25 May 2015 19:35:12 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Gaston Gonzalez <gascoar@...il.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, cristina.opriceana@...il.com,
	hamohammed.sa@...il.com, gdonald@...il.com,
	mahfouz.saif.elyazal@...il.com, paul.gortmaker@...driver.com,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192u: ieee80211: Silence sparse endianness
 warning

On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 12:00:42PM -0300, Gaston Gonzalez wrote:
> Silence the following sparse warning:
> 
> drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c:663:32: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
> drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c:663:32:    expected restricted __le16 [usertype] frame_ctl
> drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c:663:32:    got int
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gaston Gonzalez <gascoar@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c
> index d2e8b12..7dd8442 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c
> @@ -660,2 +660,2 @@ inline struct sk_buff *ieee80211_authentication_req(struct ieee80211_network *be
>  	auth = (struct ieee80211_authentication *)
>  		skb_put(skb, sizeof(struct ieee80211_authentication));
> 
> -	auth->header.frame_ctl = IEEE80211_STYPE_AUTH;
> +	auth->header.frame_ctl = cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_STYPE_AUTH);
>  	if (challengelen) auth->header.frame_ctl |= IEEE80211_FCTL_WEP;
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is also wrong then.

regards,
dan carpenter

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