[dm-devel] [PATCH 4/6] libmpathpersist: fix byte swapping for big endian systems

[Martin Wilck]

On Fri, 2018-06-22 at 16:19 -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On 06/22/18 16:16, Martin Wilck wrote:
> > -			sa_key = 0;
> > -			for (i = 0; i < 8; ++i){
> > -				if (i > 0)
> > -					sa_key <<= 8;
> > -				sa_key |= paramp->sa_key[i];
> > -			}
> > +			sa_key = be64_to_cpu(*(uint64_t *)&paramp-
> > >sa_key[0]);
> 
> Have you considered to use get_unaligned_be64() instead of the above 
> construct with casts?

Yes, I did. I opted for this construct for patch brevity (and
admittedly, lazyness), because get_unaligned_be64() doesn't exist yet.
I can change that of course if you insist.

Thanks,
Martin

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