[PATCH] synclink_gt fix size of register value storage

Fix incorrect variable size used to hold register value.  This bug might
wipe out a portion of the TCR value when setting the interface options.

Signed-off-by: Paul Fulghum <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>

diff --git a/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c b/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c
index 07c9be6a6bbf4ceebbb9103e9f3b6b2fc1f99657..a85a60a93deb27358e7a7d7d9e6806c3bedacafe 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c
@@ -2630,7 +2630,7 @@ static int get_interface(struct slgt_info *info, int __user *if_mode)
 static int set_interface(struct slgt_info *info, int if_mode)
 {
        unsigned long flags;
-       unsigned char val;
+       unsigned short val;
 
        DBGINFO(("%s set_interface=%x)\n", info->device_name, if_mode));
        spin_lock_irqsave(&info->lock,flags);