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From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
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On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 05:04:49PM +0800, Kunwu Chan wrote:
> 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.

The most likely reason is that it needs an endianess conversion.  I
don't know the answer either, but actually spending a few minutes
trying to understand the code should allow you to find it out quickly.

Removing a warning for it's own sake when you don't understand it is
never a good idea.