netdev - [PATCH net-next] be2net: Use correct byte order and format string for TCP seq and ack

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Message-ID: <20250717193552.3648791-1-alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 12:35:47 -0700
From: Alok Tiwari <alok.a.tiwari@...cle.com>
To: somnath.kotur@...adcom.com, ajit.khaparde@...adcom.com,
        sriharsha.basavapatna@...adcom.com, andrew+netdev@...n.ch,
        davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        pabeni@...hat.com, horms@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: alok.a.tiwari@...cle.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next] be2net: Use correct byte order and format string for TCP seq and ack_seq

The TCP header fields seq and ack_seq are 32-bit values in network
byte order as (__be32). these fields were earlier printed using
ntohs(), which converts only 16-bit values and produces incorrect
results for 32-bit fields. This patch is changeing the conversion
to ntohl(), ensuring correct interpretation of these sequence numbers.

Notably, the format specifier is updated from %d to %u to reflect the
unsigned nature of these fields.

improves the accuracy of debug log messages for TCP sequence and
acknowledgment numbers during TX timeouts.

Signed-off-by: Alok Tiwari <alok.a.tiwari@...cle.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index 3d2e215921191..490af66594294 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -1465,10 +1465,10 @@ static void be_tx_timeout(struct net_device *netdev, unsigned int txqueue)
 						 ntohs(tcphdr->source));
 					dev_info(dev, "TCP dest port %d\n",
 						 ntohs(tcphdr->dest));
-					dev_info(dev, "TCP sequence num %d\n",
-						 ntohs(tcphdr->seq));
-					dev_info(dev, "TCP ack_seq %d\n",
-						 ntohs(tcphdr->ack_seq));
+					dev_info(dev, "TCP sequence num %u\n",
+						 ntohl(tcphdr->seq));
+					dev_info(dev, "TCP ack_seq %u\n",
+						 ntohl(tcphdr->ack_seq));
 				} else if (ip_hdr(skb)->protocol ==
 					   IPPROTO_UDP) {
 					udphdr = udp_hdr(skb);
-- 
2.46.0