From: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@xxxxxxxxx> There's no reason to declare 'datasize' as an int, since the majority of the functions it's passed to expect an unsigned long anyway. Plus, this way we avoid any sign problems during arithmetic. Acked-by: Jeremy Kerr <jeremy.kerr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/firmware/efivars.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c index 057a9c8..5e4d120 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c @@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_write(struct file *file, void *data; u32 attributes; struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host; - int datasize = count - sizeof(attributes); + unsigned long datasize = count - sizeof(attributes); unsigned long newdatasize; if (count < sizeof(attributes)) -- 1.7.11.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-efi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html