From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ibmvnic: Fix endian error when requesting device capabilities Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 14:48:53 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20170215.144853.563005548603650125.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1487176331-16256-1-git-send-email-tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, nfont@linux.vnet.ibm.com, jallen@linux.vnet.ibm.com To: tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([184.105.139.130]:38278 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750719AbdBOTs6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Feb 2017 14:48:58 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1487176331-16256-1-git-send-email-tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Thomas Falcon Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 10:32:11 -0600 > When a vNIC client driver requests a faulty device setting, the > server returns an acceptable value for the client to request. > This 64 bit value was incorrectly being swapped as a 32 bit value, > resulting in loss of data. This patch corrects that by using > the 64 bit swap function. > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon Applied.