From fbaff3ef859a86dc3df2128d2de9f8a6e255a967 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jesse Brandeburg Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 18:34:03 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] net: fix endian check warning in etherdevice.h Sparse builds have been warning for a really long time now that etherdevice.h has a conversion that is unsafe. include/linux/etherdevice.h:79:32: warning: restricted __be16 degrades to integer This code change fixes the issue and generates the exact same assembly before/after (checked on x86_64) Fixes: 2c722fe1c821 (etherdevice: Optimize a few is__ether_addr functions) Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg CC: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- include/linux/etherdevice.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h index 9012f8775208..eb049c622208 100644 --- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static inline bool is_link_local_ether_addr(const u8 *addr) #if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS) return (((*(const u32 *)addr) ^ (*(const u32 *)b)) | - ((a[2] ^ b[2]) & m)) == 0; + (__force int)((a[2] ^ b[2]) & m)) == 0; #else return ((a[0] ^ b[0]) | (a[1] ^ b[1]) | ((a[2] ^ b[2]) & m)) == 0; #endif -- 2.34.1