This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
ipv4: remove sparse error in ip_neigh_gw4()
to the 5.15-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
ipv4-remove-sparse-error-in-ip_neigh_gw4.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 2f1ad4d54c0ab45f543d913cf5ebb9056430333c
Author: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Jan 26 17:34:04 2022 -0800
ipv4: remove sparse error in ip_neigh_gw4()
[ Upstream commit 3c42b2019863b327caa233072c50739d4144dd16 ]
./include/net/route.h:373:48: warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different base types)
./include/net/route.h:373:48: expected unsigned int [usertype] key
./include/net/route.h:373:48: got restricted __be32 [usertype] daddr
Fixes: 5c9f7c1dfc2e ("ipv4: Add helpers for neigh lookup for nexthop")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220127013404.1279313-1-eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/include/net/route.h b/include/net/route.h
index 2e6c0e153e3a5..2551f3f03b37e 100644
--- a/include/net/route.h
+++ b/include/net/route.h
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ static inline struct neighbour *ip_neigh_gw4(struct net_device *dev,
{
struct neighbour *neigh;
- neigh = __ipv4_neigh_lookup_noref(dev, daddr);
+ neigh = __ipv4_neigh_lookup_noref(dev, (__force u32)daddr);
if (unlikely(!neigh))
neigh = __neigh_create(&arp_tbl, &daddr, dev, false);
