Re: [PATCH] RDMA/mlx4: Make check for invalid flags stricter

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On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 09:07:37AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> This code is trying to ensure that only the flags specified in the list
> are allowed.  The problem is that ucmd->rx_hash_fields_mask is a u64 and
> the flags are an enum which is treated as a u32 in this context.  That
> means the test doesn't check whether the highest 32 bits are zero.
> 
> Fixes: 4d02ebd9bbbd ("IB/mlx4: Fix RSS hash fields restrictions")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> The MLX4_IB_RX_HASH_INNER value is declared as
> "MLX4_IB_RX_HASH_INNER           = 1ULL << 31," which suggests that it
> should be type ULL but that doesn't work.  It will still be basically a
> u32.  (Enum types are weird).

Can you please elaborate more why enum left to be int? It is surprise to me.

Thanks



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