On Wednesday, January 02, 2013 6:55 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 | 9 +++------ >> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_buf.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_buf.c >> index 1ec5aaa..5be9930 100644 >> --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_buf.c >> +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_buf.c >> @@ -182,13 +182,10 @@ static unsigned int __comedi_buf_write_alloc(struct comedi_async *async, >> int strict) >> { >> unsigned int free_end = async->buf_read_count + async->prealloc_bufsz; >> + int available = free_end - async->buf_write_alloc_count; > > Should preferably be unsigned int. Same concern as in patch 9/11. Will the free_end always be larger, or equal, to the buf_write_alloc_count? Regards, Hartley _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel