netdev - Re: [PATCH v3] ipv6: Correct/silence an endian warning in ip6_multipath_l3

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Message-ID: <ZV2sWSRzZhy4klrq@infradead.org>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 23:23:05 -0800
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To: Kunwu Chan <chentao@...inos.cn>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, dsahern@...nel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, jkbs@...hat.com,
	kunwu.chan@...mail.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] ipv6: Correct/silence an endian warning in
 ip6_multipath_l3_keys

On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 03:19:24PM +0800, Kunwu Chan wrote:
> net/ipv6/route.c:2332:39: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
> net/ipv6/route.c:2332:39:    expected unsigned int [usertype] flow_label
> net/ipv6/route.c:2332:39:    got restricted __be32

Can you expain why you think the __force cast is the correct thing to do
here?