netdev - Re: [PATCH net] bnxt_en: Fix zero padding of tx push data.

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Date:	Tue, 23 Feb 2016 19:13:20 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	michael.chan@...adcom.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] bnxt_en: Fix zero padding of tx push data.

From: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 02:10:26 -0500

> The arithmetic to zero pad the last 64-bit word in the push buffer is not
> correct.
> 
> 1. It should be pdata + length to get to the end.
> 2. 'pdata' is void pointer and passing it to PTR_ALIGN() will cast the
> aligned pointer to void.  Pass 'end' which is u64 pointer to PTR_ALIGN()
> instead so that the aligned pointer - 1 is the last 64-bit pointer to data.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>

Applied, thanks Michael.