Tom Talpey <tom@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 3/20/2022 8:20 PM, Paulo Alcantara wrote: >> The client used to partially convert the fids to le64, while storing >> or sending them by using host endianness. This broke the client on >> big-endian machines. Instead of converting them to le64, store them >> verbatim and then avoid byteswapping when sending them over wire. >> >> Signed-off-by: Paulo Alcantara (SUSE) <pc@xxxxxx> >> --- >> fs/cifs/smb2misc.c | 4 ++-- >> fs/cifs/smb2ops.c | 8 +++---- >> fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------- >> 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2misc.c b/fs/cifs/smb2misc.c >> index b25623e3fe3d..3b7c636be377 100644 >> --- a/fs/cifs/smb2misc.c >> +++ b/fs/cifs/smb2misc.c >> @@ -832,8 +832,8 @@ smb2_handle_cancelled_mid(struct mid_q_entry *mid, struct TCP_Server_Info *serve >> rc = __smb2_handle_cancelled_cmd(tcon, >> le16_to_cpu(hdr->Command), >> le64_to_cpu(hdr->MessageId), >> - le64_to_cpu(rsp->PersistentFileId), >> - le64_to_cpu(rsp->VolatileFileId)); >> + rsp->PersistentFileId, >> + rsp->VolatileFileId); > > This conflicts with the statement "store them verbatim". Because the > rsp->{Persistent,Volatile}FileId fields are u64 (integer) types, > they are not being stored verbatim, they are being manipulated > by the CPU load/store instructions. Storing them into a u8[8] > array is more to the point. Yes, makes sense. > If course, if the rsp structure is purely private to the code, then > the structure element type is similarly private. But a debugger, or > a future structure reference, may once again get it wrong > > Are you rejecting the idea of using a byte array? No. That would work, too. I was just trying to avoid changing a lot of places and eventually making it harder to backport. I'll go with the byte array then.