The "hi" variable is a u64 but the qca8k_read() writes to the top 32 bits of it. That will work on little endian systems but it's a bit subtle. It's cleaner to make declare "hi" as a u32. We will still need to cast it when we shift it later on in the function but that's fine. Fixes: 7c9896e37807 ("net: dsa: qca8k: check return value of read functions correctly") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.c b/drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.c index 6fe963ba23e8..9df3514d1ff2 100644 --- a/drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.c +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.c @@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ qca8k_get_ethtool_stats(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port, struct qca8k_priv *priv = (struct qca8k_priv *)ds->priv; const struct qca8k_mib_desc *mib; u32 reg, i, val; - u64 hi = 0; + u32 hi = 0; int ret; for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(ar8327_mib); i++) { @@ -1424,14 +1424,14 @@ qca8k_get_ethtool_stats(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port, continue; if (mib->size == 2) { - ret = qca8k_read(priv, reg + 4, (u32 *)&hi); + ret = qca8k_read(priv, reg + 4, &hi); if (ret < 0) continue; } data[i] = val; if (mib->size == 2) - data[i] |= hi << 32; + data[i] |= (u64)hi << 32; } } -- 2.30.2