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Date:   Thu, 19 Aug 2021 19:19:17 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Aakash Hemadri <aakashhemadri123@gmail.com>
Cc:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>,
        Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>,
        linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] staging: r8188eu: cast to restricted __be32
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On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 01:47:54PM +0530, Aakash Hemadri wrote:
> Fix sparse warning:
> > rtw_br_ext.c:836:54: warning: cast to restricted __be32
> 
> Unnecessary double cast, remove them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aakash Hemadri <aakashhemadri123@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_br_ext.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_br_ext.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_br_ext.c
> index 404fa8904e47..6a0462ce6230 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_br_ext.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_br_ext.c
> @@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ void dhcp_flag_bcast(struct adapter *priv, struct sk_buff *skb)
>  				    (udph->dest == __constant_htons(SERVER_PORT))) { /*  DHCP request */
>  					struct dhcpMessage *dhcph =
>  						(struct dhcpMessage *)((size_t)udph + sizeof(struct udphdr));
> -					u32 cookie = be32_to_cpu((__be32)dhcph->cookie);
> +					u32 cookie = dhcph->cookie;

Wait, what?  The cookie was in big endian format, and now you just
ignore it?  Why is this ok?  This breaks the code, have you tested this?

thanks,

greg k-h