On Mon, Oct 01, 2018 at 10:02:54PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote: > On Mon, Oct 01, 2018 at 08:22:01PM +0200, christophe leroy wrote: > > > > > > Le 01/10/2018 à 18:44, Dan Carpenter a écrit : > > > The "count < sizeof(struct os_area_db)" comparison is type promoted to > > > size_t so negative values of "count" are treated as very high values and > > > we accidentally return success instead of a negative error code. > > > > > > This doesn't really change runtime much but it fixes a static checker > > > warning. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/os-area.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/os-area.c > > > index cdbfc5cfd6f3..f5387ad82279 100644 > > > --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/os-area.c > > > +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/os-area.c > > > @@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ static int update_flash_db(void) > > > db_set_64(db, &os_area_db_id_rtc_diff, saved_params.rtc_diff); > > > count = os_area_flash_write(db, sizeof(struct os_area_db), pos); > > > - if (count < sizeof(struct os_area_db)) { > > > + if (count < 0 || count < sizeof(struct os_area_db)) { > > > > Why not simply add a cast ? : > > > > if (count < (ssize_t)sizeof(struct os_area_db)) { > > > > There are so many ways to solve these and no accounting for taste. Do > you need me to resend or can you redo it yourself? > Btw, I just went on vacation, and I'm not going to be back until next week. regards, dan carpenter