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SubjectRe: [PATCH][next] octeontx2-pf: Fix unintentional sign extension issue
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This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (refs/heads/master):

On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 13:05:20 +0000 you wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
>
> The shifting of the u16 result from ntohs(proto) by 16 bits to the
> left will be promoted to a 32 bit signed int and then sign-extended
> to a u64. In the event that the top bit of the return from ntohs(proto)
> is set then all then all the upper 32 bits of a 64 bit long end up as
> also being set because of the sign-extension. Fix this by casting to
> a u64 long before the shift.
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- [next] octeontx2-pf: Fix unintentional sign extension issue
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/583b273dea75

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