netdev - Re: [net-next 2/3] tipc: make node number calculation reproducible

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Date:   Tue, 24 Nov 2020 16:22:10 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     jmaloy@...hat.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        tung.q.nguyen@...tech.com.au, hoang.h.le@...tech.com.au,
        tuong.t.lien@...tech.com.au, maloy@...jonn.com, xinl@...hat.com,
        ying.xue@...driver.com, parthasarathy.bhuvaragan@...il.com
Subject: Re: [net-next 2/3] tipc: make node number calculation reproducible

On Tue, 24 Nov 2020 12:28:33 -0500 jmaloy@...hat.com wrote:
> +static inline u32 hash128to32(char *bytes)
> +{
> +	u32 res, *tmp = (u32 *)bytes;
> +
> +	res = ntohl(tmp[0] ^ tmp[1] ^ tmp[2] ^ tmp[3]);
> +	if (likely(res))
> +		return res;
> +	res = tmp[0] | tmp[1] | tmp[2] | tmp[3];
> +	return !res ? 0 : ntohl(18140715);
> +}

This needs to use correct types otherwise sparse gets upset:

net/tipc/addr.c: note: in included file (through ../net/tipc/addr.h):
net/tipc/core.h:218:15: warning: cast to restricted __be32
net/tipc/core.h:218:15: warning: cast to restricted __be32
net/tipc/core.h:218:15: warning: cast to restricted __be32
net/tipc/core.h:218:15: warning: cast to restricted __be32
net/tipc/core.h:218:15: warning: cast to restricted __be32
net/tipc/core.h:218:15: warning: cast to restricted __be32
net/tipc/core.h:222:27: warning: cast to restricted __be32
net/tipc/core.h:222:27: warning: cast to restricted __be32
net/tipc/core.h:222:27: warning: cast to restricted __be32
net/tipc/core.h:222:27: warning: cast to restricted __be32
net/tipc/core.h:222:27: warning: cast to restricted __be32
net/tipc/core.h:222:27: warning: cast to restricted __be32