netdev - Re: [PATCH] netfilter: xt

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Date:	Mon, 14 May 2012 17:05:58 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...i.de>
To:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
cc:	Hans Schillstrom <hans.schillstrom@...csson.com>, kaber@...sh.net,
	jengelh@...ozas.de, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, dan.carpenter@...cle.com,
	hans@...illstrom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netfilter: xt_HMARK: endian bugs


On Monday 2012-05-14 16:40, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:

>> -		if (t->uports.p16.dst < t->uports.p16.src)
>> +		if (ntohs(t->uports.p16.dst) < ntohs(t->uports.p16.src))
>
>Do we really need this to make sparse happy?

You need it to make *maths* happy.

Consider

	384 < 65407

but

	    ntohs(384) > ntohs(65407)
	<=> 32769 > 32767
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