linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net 2/3] net: bcmgenet: use __be16 for htons(ETH_P

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Date:   Wed, 24 Jun 2020 18:50:48 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Doug Berger <opendmb@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 2/3] net: bcmgenet: use __be16 for htons(ETH_P_IP)



On 6/24/2020 6:14 PM, Doug Berger wrote:
> The 16-bit value that holds a short in network byte order should
> be declared as a restricted big endian type to allow type checks
> to succeed during assignment.
> 
> Fixes: 3e370952287c ("net: bcmgenet: add support for ethtool rxnfc flows")
> Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Doug Berger <opendmb@...il.com>

Acked-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
-- 
Florian