This is basically just a cleanup. Large positive numbers get counted as negative but then get implicitly cast to positive again for the checks that matter. This does make a small difference in ipw_handle_promiscuous_rx() when we test "if (unlikely((len + IPW_RX_FRAME_SIZE) > skb_tailroom(rxb->skb)))" It should return there, but we don't return until a couple lines later when we test "if (len > IPW_RX_BUF_SIZE - sizeof(struct ipw_rt_hdr)) {". The difference is that in the second test the sizeof() means that there is an implied cast to unsigned. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c index 018a8de..4fcdac6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c @@ -7848,7 +7848,7 @@ static void ipw_handle_data_packet_monitor(struct ipw_priv *priv, * more efficiently than we can parse it. ORDER MATTERS HERE */ struct ipw_rt_hdr *ipw_rt; - short len = le16_to_cpu(pkt->u.frame.length); + unsigned short len = le16_to_cpu(pkt->u.frame.length); /* We received data from the HW, so stop the watchdog */ dev->trans_start = jiffies; @@ -8023,7 +8023,7 @@ static void ipw_handle_promiscuous_rx(struct ipw_priv *priv, s8 signal = frame->rssi_dbm - IPW_RSSI_TO_DBM; s8 noise = (s8) le16_to_cpu(frame->noise); u8 rate = frame->rate; - short len = le16_to_cpu(pkt->u.frame.length); + unsigned short len = le16_to_cpu(pkt->u.frame.length); struct sk_buff *skb; int hdr_only = 0; u16 filter = priv->prom_priv->filter; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html