On Wednesday, January 02, 2013 6:52 AM, Ian Abbott wrote: > On 2012-12-21 16:42, H Hartley Sweeten wrote: >> Clarify the check to make sure the number of bytes to allocate is >> available. >> >> Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Cc: Ian Abbott <abbobbi@xxxxxxxxx> >> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_buf.c | 8 ++++---- >> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_buf.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_buf.c >> index 246f577..1ec5aaa 100644 >> --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_buf.c >> +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_buf.c >> @@ -298,10 +298,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(comedi_buf_read_n_available); >> /* allocates a chunk for the reader from filled (and munged) buffer space */ >> unsigned comedi_buf_read_alloc(struct comedi_async *async, unsigned nbytes) >> { >> - if ((int)(async->buf_read_alloc_count + nbytes - async->munge_count) > >> - 0) { >> - nbytes = async->munge_count - async->buf_read_alloc_count; >> - } >> + int available = async->munge_count - async->buf_read_alloc_count; > > Minor nit-pick: that should be an unsigned int. Will the munge_count always be larger, or equal, to the buf_read_alloc_count? The original code had the (int) cast so I wasn't sure. If so, then yes the variable should be an unsigned int. Regards, Hartley _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel