ice: use __le16 types for explicitly Little Endian values

The ice_read_sr_aq function returns words in the Little Endian format.
Remove the need for __force and typecasting by using a local variable in
the ice_read_sr_word_aq function.

Additionally clarify explicitly that the ice_read_sr_aq function takes
storage for __le16 values instead of using u16.

Being explicit about the endianness of this data helps when using tools
like sparse to catch endian-related issues.

Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.c
index f6e25db22c235d836b87791774366e1902af2acc..5597ec50a6625b14bbc36671c4c0d4f209398341 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.c
@@ -80,13 +80,14 @@ ice_check_sr_access_params(struct ice_hw *hw, u32 offset, u16 words)
  * @hw: pointer to the HW structure
  * @offset: offset in words from module start
  * @words: number of words to read
- * @data: buffer for words reads from Shadow RAM
+ * @data: storage for the words read from Shadow RAM (Little Endian)
  * @last_command: tells the AdminQ that this is the last command
  *
- * Reads 16-bit word buffers from the Shadow RAM using the admin command.
+ * Reads 16-bit Little Endian word buffers from the Shadow RAM using the admin
+ * command.
  */
 static enum ice_status
-ice_read_sr_aq(struct ice_hw *hw, u32 offset, u16 words, u16 *data,
+ice_read_sr_aq(struct ice_hw *hw, u32 offset, u16 words, __le16 *data,
               bool last_command)
 {
        enum ice_status status;
@@ -116,10 +117,11 @@ static enum ice_status
 ice_read_sr_word_aq(struct ice_hw *hw, u16 offset, u16 *data)
 {
        enum ice_status status;
+       __le16 data_local;
 
-       status = ice_read_sr_aq(hw, offset, 1, data, true);
+       status = ice_read_sr_aq(hw, offset, 1, &data_local, true);
        if (!status)
-               *data = le16_to_cpu(*(__force __le16 *)data);
+               *data = le16_to_cpu(data_local);
 
        return status;
 }