Re: [PATCH] m68k: string: Make char intermediate in strcmp() signed

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On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 02:30:04PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
Since char became unsigned, strcmp() always returns a positive number.

"res" is used to store a byte difference, so it should be signed.

Fixes: 3bc753c06dd02a35 ("kbuild: treat char as always unsigned")
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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See "Re: [PATCH v9] kallsyms: Add self-test facility"
https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAMuHMdWM6+pC3yUqy+hHRrAf1BCz2sz1KQv2zxS+Wz-639X-aA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I'm wondering how many surprises like this are still hidden...

OOOOOOOOOOFFFFF! Not sure how I missed this one. Perhaps the ASM alluded
the coccinelle scripts. Anyway, thanks for catching it, sorry for the
bug, and here's my:

Reviewed-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>

I assume you'll send this out for the next tranche of m68k fixes.

Jason



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