netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2 V2] staging: r8188eu: Fix case where ethtype was never obtained and always be checked against 0

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Date:	Thu, 17 Apr 2014 02:41:07 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2 V2] staging: r8188eu: Fix case where ethtype was
 never obtained and always be checked against 0

On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 02:49:34PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
>  	if (auth_alg == 2) {
> +		/* get ether_type */
> +		ptr = ptr + pfhdr->attrib.hdrlen + LLC_HEADER_SIZE;
> +		memcpy(&ether_type, ptr, 2);
> +		ether_type = ntohs((unsigned short)ether_type);

The incorrect cast here introduces a new sparse warning.

https://lwn.net/Articles/205624/

regards,
dan carpenter

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