linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] staging: r8188eu: core: Change the length of an array

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Message-ID: <20210803132652.GA1931@kadam>
Date:   Tue, 3 Aug 2021 16:26:52 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@...il.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: r8188eu: core: Change the length of an array

On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 09:14:42AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 02, 2021 at 10:30:20PM +0200, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> > IPX_NODE_LEN == 6, while addr.f1 should only have 4 elements.
> > Replace IPX_NODE_LEN with 4. In the while, remove the excess spaces
> > before the fields of the union.
> > 
> > Fixes: 56febcc2595e ("staging: r8188eu: Fix different base types in assignments and parameters")
> 
> Ugh...  I really feel we'd be better off reverting that patch entirely.

Get rid of all the unions and the XORing at least.

regards,
dan carpenter