On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 11:12:59AM -0500, Larry Finger wrote: > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c > index 01fcabc..61084d6 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c > @@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ static struct recv_frame *portctrl(struct adapter *adapter, > struct sta_info *psta; > struct sta_priv *pstapriv; > struct recv_frame *prtnframe; > - u16 ether_type = 0; > + u16 ether_type; > u16 eapol_type = 0x888e;/* for Funia BD's WPA issue */ > struct rx_pkt_attrib *pattrib; > __be16 be_tmp; > @@ -571,19 +571,17 @@ static struct recv_frame *portctrl(struct adapter *adapter, > > RT_TRACE(_module_rtl871x_recv_c_, _drv_info_, ("########portctrl:adapter->securitypriv.dot11AuthAlgrthm=%d\n", adapter->securitypriv.dot11AuthAlgrthm)); > > - if (auth_alg == 2) { > + if (auth_alg == dot11AuthAlgrthm_8021X) { > + /* get ether_type */ > + ptr = ptr + pfhdr->attrib.hdrlen + LLC_HEADER_SIZE; > + memcpy(ðer_type, ptr, 2); > + ether_type = ntohs((unsigned short)ether_type); This cast doesn't make sense. u16 and unsigned short are the same thing. Anyway, the "ether_type" should be declared as __be16 because it's network endian. https://lwn.net/Articles/205624/ regards, dan carpenter -- 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