netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/4] net: phy: sfp: Use correct endian for sfp->id.ext.options

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Date:   Thu, 9 Nov 2017 20:39:24 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, andrew@...n.ch
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/4] net: phy: sfp: Use correct endian for
 sfp->id.ext.options



On 11/08/2017 12:56 AM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 07, 2017 at 07:49:09PM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>> The extended ID options 16-bit value is big-endian (and actually annotated as
>> such), but we would be accessing it with our CPU endian, which would not
>> allow the correct detection of whether the LOS signal is inverted or not.
>>
>> Fixes: 73970055450e ("sfp: add SFP module support")
>> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/phy/sfp.c | 8 +++++---
>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/sfp.c b/drivers/net/phy/sfp.c
>> index 942288aa9cdb..dfb28b269687 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/phy/sfp.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/sfp.c
>> @@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ static void sfp_sm_link_check_los(struct sfp *sfp)
>>  	 * SFP_OPTIONS_LOS_NORMAL are set?  For now, we assume
>>  	 * the same as SFP_OPTIONS_LOS_NORMAL set.
>>  	 */
>> -	if (sfp->id.ext.options & SFP_OPTIONS_LOS_INVERTED)
>> +	if (be16_to_cpu(sfp->id.ext.options) & SFP_OPTIONS_LOS_INVERTED)
> 
> It would be more efficient to convert the constants to BE16 rather
> than an indeterminant number to CPU endian.  The compiler can optimise
> the constant.  Same for the other two hunks.

Sure, I can do that.
-- 
Florian