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SubjectRe: [PATCH] scsi: aic7xxx: Fix unintentional sign extension issue on left shift of u8
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On Mon, 21 Jun 2021 16:17:27 +0100, Colin King wrote:

> The shifting of the u8 integer returned fom ahc_inb(ahc, port+3) by
> 24 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 u8
> is set then all then all the upper 32 bits of the u64 end up as
> also being set because of the sign-extension. Fix this by
> casting the u8 values to a u64 before the 24 bit left shift.
>
> [...]

Applied to 5.14/scsi-queue, thanks!

[1/1] scsi: aic7xxx: Fix unintentional sign extension issue on left shift of u8
https://git.kernel.org/mkp/scsi/c/332a9dd1d86f

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Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering

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