4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 07222e535831b916221dd2a48a3047ec7e45dc72 ] Sparse reports the following: CHECK drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.c drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.c:350:44: warning: restricted __le32 degrades to integer drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.c:491:23: warning: incorrect type in initializer (different base types) drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.c:491:23: expected unsigned short [usertype] *fctrl drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.c:491:23: got restricted __le16 *<noident> drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.c:580:36: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types) drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.c:580:36: expected unsigned short [unsigned] [short] [usertype] <noident> drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.c:580:36: got restricted __be16 [usertype] <noident> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.c @@ -344,7 +344,8 @@ sint r8712_update_attrib(struct _adapter * some settings above. */ if (check_fwstate(pmlmepriv, WIFI_MP_STATE)) - pattrib->priority = (txdesc.txdw1 >> QSEL_SHT) & 0x1f; + pattrib->priority = + (le32_to_cpu(txdesc.txdw1) >> QSEL_SHT) & 0x1f; return _SUCCESS; } @@ -485,7 +486,7 @@ static sint make_wlanhdr(struct _adapter struct ieee80211_hdr *pwlanhdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)hdr; struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv = &padapter->mlmepriv; struct qos_priv *pqospriv = &pmlmepriv->qospriv; - u16 *fctrl = &pwlanhdr->frame_ctl; + __le16 *fctrl = &pwlanhdr->frame_ctl; memset(hdr, 0, WLANHDR_OFFSET); SetFrameSubType(fctrl, pattrib->subtype); @@ -574,7 +575,7 @@ static sint r8712_put_snap(u8 *data, u16 snap->oui[0] = oui[0]; snap->oui[1] = oui[1]; snap->oui[2] = oui[2]; - *(u16 *)(data + SNAP_SIZE) = htons(h_proto); + *(__be16 *)(data + SNAP_SIZE) = htons(h_proto); return SNAP_SIZE + sizeof(u16); }