On Fri, 2017-06-16 at 19:45 +0200, Frans Klaver wrote:
> The header field in struct pd_message is declared as an __le16 type. The
> data in the message is supposed to be little endian. This means we don't
> have to go and shift the individual bytes into position when we're
> filling the buffer, we can just copy the contents right away. As an
> added benefit we don't get fishy results on big endian systems anymore.
Thanks for pointing this out.
There are several instances of this class of error.
Here's a cocci script to find them.
This is best used with cocci's --all-includes option like:
$ spatch --all-includes --very-quiet --sp-file lebe_bitshifts.cocci .
[ many defects...]
$ cat lebe_bitshifts.cocci
@@
typedef __le16, __le32, __le64, __be16, __be32, __be64;
{ __le16, __le32, __le64, __be16, __be32, __be64 } a;
expression b;
@@
* a << b
@@
{ __le16, __le32, __le64, __be16, __be32, __be64 } a;
expression b;
@@
* a <<= b
@@
{ __le16, __le32, __le64, __be16, __be32, __be64 } a;
expression b;
@@
* a >> b
@@
{ __le16, __le32, __le64, __be16, __be32, __be64 } a;
expression b;
@@
* a >>= b
$
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