On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 09:15:12AM +0200, walter harms wrote: > > > 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 ? Yeah. You're right. That was stupid of me. I'll resend. regards, dan carpenter -- 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