Static checkers complain that the shifts in "(vid << 4) >> 4" perfectly cancel each other out and the code is a no-op. "vid" is a u16. The comment says that the intention here is to drop the upper bits so I have added a cast to "u16" to do that. Fixes: 401b5383c6c9 ('fm10k: Add support for configuring PF interface') Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Static analysis. Not tested. diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_pf.c index 275423d..ee30d06 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_pf.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_pf.c @@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ static s32 fm10k_update_xc_addr_pf(struct fm10k_hw *hw, u16 glort, return FM10K_ERR_PARAM; /* drop upper 4 bits of VLAN ID */ - vid = (vid << 4) >> 4; + vid = (u16)(vid << 4) >> 4; /* record fields */ mac_update.mac_lower = cpu_to_le32(((u32)mac[2] << 24) | -- 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