linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH bpf 1/1] bpf: btf: Fix bitfield extraction for big endian

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Date:   Tue, 10 Jul 2018 20:13:44 +0200
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>,
        David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
Cc:     Okash Khawaja <osk@...com>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kernel-team@...com" <kernel-team@...com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf 1/1] bpf: btf: Fix bitfield extraction for big endian

On 07/10/2018 07:18 PM, Martin KaFai Lau wrote:
[...]
> I would prefer to keep it as u16 which is the max width that is allowed for
> this field in the wire format.  Keeping the usage consistent can avoid
> accidentally incorrect offsetting or writing wrong data out in other
> cases.

+1