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Re: [PATCH] ath5k: fix endianness of bitwise ops when installing mic

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Bob Copeland wrote:
> Fix these bugs found by sparse:
> 
>     ath5k/pcu.c:1102:21: warning: restricted __le32 degrades to integer
>     ath5k/pcu.c:1102:13: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
>     ath5k/pcu.c:1102:13:    expected restricted __le32 <noident>
>     ath5k/pcu.c:1102:13:    got unsigned int
>     ath5k/pcu.c:1104:20: warning: restricted __le32 degrades to integer
>     ath5k/pcu.c:1104:13: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
>     ath5k/pcu.c:1104:13:    expected restricted __le32 <noident>
>     ath5k/pcu.c:1104:13:    got unsigned int
> 
> Changes-licensed-under: ISC
> 
> Reported-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/pcu.c |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/pcu.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/pcu.c
> index dabe422..0cac05c 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/pcu.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/pcu.c
> @@ -1099,9 +1099,9 @@ int ath5k_hw_set_key(struct ath5k_hw *ah, u16 entry,
>  
>  		if (ah->ah_combined_mic) {
>  			key_v[0] = rxmic[0];
> -			key_v[1] = (txmic[0] >> 16) & 0xffff;
> +			key_v[1] = cpu_to_le32(le32_to_cpu(txmic[0]) >> 16);

Is it certain that txmic[0] will not sign extend with the >> 16 operation? Is
that why you dropped the mask with 0xffff?

Larry

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