netdev - Re: [Patch net-next 3/5] fou: fix byte order of udp_config.local_udp

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Date:	Tue, 7 Apr 2015 14:47:06 -0700
From:	Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>
To:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch net-next 3/5] fou: fix byte order of udp_config.local_udp_port

On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 11:09 PM, Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 4:41 PM, Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com> wrote:
>>> diff --git a/net/ipv4/fou.c b/net/ipv4/fou.c
>>> index ad0ee82..cf606fc 100644
>>> --- a/net/ipv4/fou.c
>>> +++ b/net/ipv4/fou.c
>>> @@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ static int fou_create(struct net *net, struct fou_cfg *cfg,
>>>         sk = sock->sk;
>>>
>>>         fou->flags = cfg->flags;
>>> -       fou->port = cfg->udp_config.local_udp_port;
>>> +       fou->port = ntohs(cfg->udp_config.local_udp_port);
>>>
>> Cong, I don't think this is right. Port should always be nbo, probably
>> should be using __b16 instead of u16 for defines. Did you test these
>> changes?
>>
>
> Yeah, fou->port is u16 which should be host order, however
> we only save and compare it with be16, so the original code
> is not mis-behaving (otherwise should go to -net), just reads odd.
>
> I tested it together with the whole patchset. And I agree we can
> change fou->port to be16 too.

Hmm,I don't understand how this could have worked with the ntohs() added.

> I will wait for more feedback before sending v2.
>
> Thanks!
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