netdev - [PATCH] ipv6: fix sparse errors in ip6_make

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Date:	Wed, 04 Feb 2015 15:03:25 -0800
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] ipv6: fix sparse errors in ip6_make_flowlabel()

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

include/net/ipv6.h:713:22: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
include/net/ipv6.h:713:22:    expected restricted __be32 [usertype] hash
include/net/ipv6.h:713:22:    got unsigned int
include/net/ipv6.h:719:25: warning: restricted __be32 degrades to integer
include/net/ipv6.h:719:22: warning: invalid assignment: ^=
include/net/ipv6.h:719:22:    left side has type restricted __be32
include/net/ipv6.h:719:22:    right side has type unsigned int

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
---
 include/net/ipv6.h |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h
index 8027ca53e31f5903e055c425fef097ca9ccaa173..a419d766e9b538ab5eda9f4c3ee5e6244de5cf7e 100644
--- a/include/net/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/ipv6.h
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ static inline __be32 ip6_make_flowlabel(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
 					__be32 flowlabel, bool autolabel)
 {
 	if (!flowlabel && (autolabel || net->ipv6.sysctl.auto_flowlabels)) {
-		__be32 hash;
+		u32 hash;
 
 		hash = skb_get_hash(skb);
 
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ static inline __be32 ip6_make_flowlabel(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		 */
 		hash ^= hash >> 12;
 
-		flowlabel = hash & IPV6_FLOWLABEL_MASK;
+		flowlabel = (__force __be32)hash & IPV6_FLOWLABEL_MASK;
 	}
 
 	return flowlabel;


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