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SubjectRe: rsi: fix integer overflow warning
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Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:

> gcc produces a harmless warning about a recently introduced
> signed integer overflow:
>
> drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_hal.c: In function 'rsi_prepare_mgmt_desc':
> include/uapi/linux/swab.h:13:15: error: integer overflow in expression [-Werror=overflow]
> (((__u16)(x) & (__u16)0x00ffU) << 8) | \
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> include/uapi/linux/swab.h:104:2: note: in expansion of macro '___constant_swab16'
> ___constant_swab16(x) : \
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> include/uapi/linux/byteorder/big_endian.h:34:43: note: in expansion of macro '__swab16'
> #define __cpu_to_le16(x) ((__force __le16)__swab16((x)))
> ^~~~~~~~
> include/linux/byteorder/generic.h:89:21: note: in expansion of macro '__cpu_to_le16'
> #define cpu_to_le16 __cpu_to_le16
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_hal.c:136:3: note: in expansion of macro 'cpu_to_le16'
> cpu_to_le16((tx_params->vap_id << RSI_DESC_VAP_ID_OFST) &
> ^~~~~~~~~~~
>
> The problem is that the 'mask' value is a signed integer that gets
> turned into a negative number when truncated to 16 bits. Making it
> an unsigned constant avoids this.
>
> Fixes: eac4eed3224b ("rsi: tx and rx path enhancements for p2p mode")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

a39644b235c1 rsi: fix integer overflow warning

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9986961/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches

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