linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: sched: Fix an endian bug in tcf_proto

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Date:   Fri, 17 Nov 2023 09:06:45 -0300
From:   Pedro Tammela <pctammela@...atatu.com>
To:     Kunwu Chan <chentao@...inos.cn>, jhs@...atatu.com,
        xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us, davem@...emloft.net,
        edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com
Cc:     kunwu.chan@...mail.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: sched: Fix an endian bug in tcf_proto_create

On 17/11/2023 06:31, Kunwu Chan wrote:
> net/sched/cls_api.c:390:22: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
> net/sched/cls_api.c:390:22:    expected restricted __be16 [usertype] protocol
> net/sched/cls_api.c:390:22:    got unsigned int [usertype] protocol
> 
> Fixes: 33a48927c193 ("sched: push TC filter protocol creation into a separate function")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kunwu Chan <chentao@...inos.cn>
> ---
>   net/sched/cls_api.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
> index 1976bd163986..f73f39f61f66 100644
> --- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
> +++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
> @@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ static struct tcf_proto *tcf_proto_create(const char *kind, u32 protocol,
>   		goto errout;
>   	}
>   	tp->classify = tp->ops->classify;
> -	tp->protocol = protocol;
> +	tp->protocol = cpu_to_be16(protocol);
>   	tp->prio = prio;
>   	tp->chain = chain;
>   	spin_lock_init(&tp->lock);
I don't believe there's something to fix here either