Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/1] ppp: Fix KMSAN warning by initializing 2-byte header

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On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 03:27:03PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:31:44 +0800 Jiayuan Chen wrote:
> > -		*(u8 *)skb_push(skb, 2) = 1;
> > +		*(u16 *)skb_push(skb, 2) = 1;
> 
> This will write the 1 to a different byte now, on big endian machines.
> Probably doesn't matter but I doubt it's intentional?
> -- 
> pw-bot: cr
You are correct that I assigned the value in a way that produces different
data on big-endian and little-endian systems, although it doesn't cause
any issues.
I think it's better to assign it correctly according to the corresponding
header and add more comments to avoid confusion for other developers in
the future.




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