netdev - Re: ntohs() and htons() usgae in the network stack

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Message-ID: <823aa8ch87.fsf@mid.bfk.de>
Date:	Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:10:16 +0200
From:	Florian Weimer <fweimer@....de>
To:	Kevin Wilson <wkevils@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ntohs() and htons() usgae in the network stack

* Kevin Wilson:

> So I wondered : when is ntohs(i) != htons(i) ?

Never, for ordinary endieanness.  The operation is an involution, that
is, its own inverse (like mirroring).

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