linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: wlan-ng: Fix sparse warnings about endianness

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Date:   Tue, 10 Jan 2017 22:48:51 -0600
From:   Eric Salem <ericsalem@...il.com>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, sergio.paracuellos@...il.com,
        juliana.orod@...il.com
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] staging: wlan-ng: Fix sparse warnings about endianness

Fixed sparse warnings about endianness. E.g.:

warning: cast to restricted __le16

Signed-off-by: Eric Salem <ericsalem@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x.h b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x.h
index 60caf9c3..5f1851c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x.h
@@ -1388,13 +1388,13 @@ static inline int hfa384x_drvr_getconfig16(struct hfa384x *hw, u16 rid, void *va
 
 	result = hfa384x_drvr_getconfig(hw, rid, val, sizeof(u16));
 	if (result == 0)
-		*((u16 *)val) = le16_to_cpu(*((u16 *)val));
+		le16_to_cpus(val);
 	return result;
 }
 
 static inline int hfa384x_drvr_setconfig16(struct hfa384x *hw, u16 rid, u16 val)
 {
-	u16 value = cpu_to_le16(val);
+	__le16 value = cpu_to_le16(val);
 
 	return hfa384x_drvr_setconfig(hw, rid, &value, sizeof(value));
 }
-- 
2.9.3