> -----Original Message----- > From: netdev-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:netdev-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of santosh > prasad nayak > Sent: 11 March 2012 09:17 > To: Rajesh Borundia > Cc: Sony Chacko; netdev; linux-kernel; kernel-janitors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] netxen: qlogic ethernet : Fix Endian Bug. > > Thanks Rajesh for clarification. > Included all your inputs in the following patch. > This is for review not a formal one. Once review is done I will send a > formal patch. I'm not sure of the exact nature of the issues here, but whenever I see code that casts between the addresses of integer types large bells start ringing - such code tends to have unwanted dependencies against the sizes and endiannesses of the relevant fields. This code might be ok, but lines like: > + if (*(__le64 *)mac == cpu_to_le64(~0ULL)) { rather give me the willies. David -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
