This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled serial: max3100: Fix bitwise types to the 5.4-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: serial-max3100-fix-bitwise-types.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 85d14120902a4c6c3d05123815dd1dfa043679ce Author: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue Apr 2 22:50:30 2024 +0300 serial: max3100: Fix bitwise types [ Upstream commit e60955dbecb97f080848a57524827e2db29c70fd ] Sparse is not happy about misuse of bitwise types: .../max3100.c:194:13: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types) .../max3100.c:194:13: expected unsigned short [addressable] [usertype] etx .../max3100.c:194:13: got restricted __be16 [usertype] .../max3100.c:202:15: warning: cast to restricted __be16 Fix this by choosing proper types for the respective variables. Fixes: 7831d56b0a35 ("tty: MAX3100") Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240402195306.269276-4-andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/max3100.c b/drivers/tty/serial/max3100.c index c1ee88f530334..17b6f4a872d6a 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/max3100.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/max3100.c @@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ #include <linux/freezer.h> #include <linux/tty.h> #include <linux/tty_flip.h> +#include <linux/types.h> + +#include <asm/unaligned.h> #include <linux/serial_max3100.h> @@ -191,7 +194,7 @@ static void max3100_timeout(struct timer_list *t) static int max3100_sr(struct max3100_port *s, u16 tx, u16 *rx) { struct spi_message message; - u16 etx, erx; + __be16 etx, erx; int status; struct spi_transfer tran = { .tx_buf = &etx,