3.16.7-ckt18 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@xxxxxxxxx> commit fbaff3ef859a86dc3df2128d2de9f8a6e255a967 upstream. Sparse builds have been warning for a really long time now that etherdevice.h has a conversion that is unsafe. include/linux/etherdevice.h:79:32: warning: restricted __be16 degrades to integer This code change fixes the issue and generates the exact same assembly before/after (checked on x86_64) Fixes: 2c722fe1c821 (etherdevice: Optimize a few is_<foo>_ether_addr functions) Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@xxxxxxxxx> CC: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/etherdevice.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h index 9c5529dc6d07..b3ef0bf12754 100644 --- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static inline bool is_link_local_ether_addr(const u8 *addr) #if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS) return (((*(const u32 *)addr) ^ (*(const u32 *)b)) | - ((a[2] ^ b[2]) & m)) == 0; + (__force int)((a[2] ^ b[2]) & m)) == 0; #else return ((a[0] ^ b[0]) | (a[1] ^ b[1]) | ((a[2] ^ b[2]) & m)) == 0; #endif -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html