netdev - Re: [patch v2] caif: fix endian conversion in cffrml

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Date:	Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:46:43 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sjurbren@...il.com
Cc:	dan.carpenter@...cle.com, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch v2] caif: fix endian conversion in cffrml_transmit()

From: Sjur Brændeland <sjurbren@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:20:09 +0100

>> The "tmp" variable here is used to store the result of cpu_to_le16()
>> so it should be an __le16 instead of an int.  We want the high bits
>> set and the current code works on little endian systems but not on
>> big endian systems.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
>> ---
>> v2:  In v1 I used a u16 instead of an __le16.  Also I've changed the
>> name to "data" instead of "tmp".
> 
> Thanks Dan, good catch - this would have failed badly on a b_e architecture.
> 
> Acked-by: Sjur Brændeland <sjur.brandeland@...ricsson.com>

Applied, thanks guys.
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