Re: [PATCH 3.8 003/152] cxgb3: Fix length calculation inwrite_ofld_wr() on 32-bit architectures

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Fri Dec 06 2013 - 19:10:36 EST


On Fri, Dec 06, 2013 at 03:08:47PM -0800, Kamal Mostafa wrote:
> 3.8.13.14 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
>
> ------------------
>
> From: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> [ Upstream commit 262e827fe745642589450ae241b7afd3912c3f25 ]
>
> The length calculation here is now invalid on 32-bit architectures,
> since sk_buff::tail is a pointer and sk_buff::transport_header is
> an integer offset:
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/sge.c: In function 'write_ofld_wr':
> drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/sge.c:1603:9: warning: passing argument 4 of 'make_sgl' makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by default]
> adap->pdev);
> ^
> drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/sge.c:964:28: note: expected 'unsigned int' but argument is of type 'sk_buff_data_t'
> static inline unsigned int make_sgl(const struct sk_buff *skb,
> ^
>
> Use the appropriate skb accessor functions.
>
> Compile-tested only.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 1a37e412a022 ('net: Use 16bits for *_headers fields of struct skbuff')
[...]

This is only needed for 3.11+, though it should be harmless for
older versions.

Ben.

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