Re: [PATCH v3] ipv6: Correct/silence an endian warning in ip6_multipath_l3_keys

From: Kunwu Chan
Date: Wed Nov 22 2023 - 04:08:07 EST


Hi Christoph,
Thanks for your reply.
I also can't guarantee that it's the right thing to do. Just wanted to dispel this warning. If you have any better way, please let me know.


On 2023/11/22 15:23, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 03:19:24PM +0800, Kunwu Chan wrote:
net/ipv6/route.c:2332:39: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different base types)
net/ipv6/route.c:2332:39: expected unsigned int [usertype] flow_label
net/ipv6/route.c:2332:39: got restricted __be32

Can you expain why you think the __force cast is the correct thing to do
here?