obj->buffer.pointer is a u8 pointer so we need to cast it to u64 for the 64 bit shift. Otherwise the upper bits are always zero. I tweaked a couple nearby lines as well to avoid going over the 80 character limit. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_extlog.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_extlog.c index a6869e1..c4d5e59 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_extlog.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_extlog.c @@ -182,11 +182,9 @@ static int extlog_get_dsm(acpi_handle handle, int rev, int func, u64 *ret) obj = (union acpi_object *)buf.pointer; if (obj->type == ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER) { *ret = obj->integer.value; - } else if (obj->type == ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER) { - if (obj->buffer.length <= 8) { - for (i = 0; i < obj->buffer.length; i++) - *ret |= (obj->buffer.pointer[i] << (i * 8)); - } + } else if (obj->type == ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER && obj->buffer.length <= 8) { + for (i = 0; i < obj->buffer.length; i++) + *ret |= ((u64)obj->buffer.pointer[i] << (i * 8)); } kfree(buf.pointer); -- 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