Am 28.06.2012 08:44, schrieb Dan Carpenter: > The "count" variable is unsigned here so the test for errors doesn't > work. > > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> > > diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c > index a4f7321..10bc6a8 100644 > --- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c > +++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c > @@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@ static ssize_t vfio_config_do_rw(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev, char __user *buf, > if (perm->readfn) { > count = perm->readfn(vdev, *ppos, count, > perm, offset, &val); > - if (count < 0) > + if ((ssize_t)count < 0) > return count; > } > hi, I can only find a few references to vfio_config_do_rw(). From the patchit seems to me this is a wrapper for perm->readfn since both return ssize_t so why i count unsigned in the first place ? re, wh -- 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