forwarding to linux-scsi mailing list: Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Begin forwarded message: Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:59:16 +0900 (JST) From: Masatake YAMATO <jet@xxxxxxxx> To: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PATCH] Fixing signness of parameters in scsi module Hi, In scsi module I've found some inconsistency between variable type used in module_param_named and type passed to module_param_named as an argument. Especially the inconsistency of `max_scsi_luns' parameter is a bit serious because the description text says "last scsi LUN (should be between 1 and 2^32-1)". I'm not on the mailing list. so please put my address to cc: of your reply. Signed-off-by: Masatake YAMATO <jet@xxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c index 1bd92b9..f6d7552 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ #else static unsigned int max_scsi_luns = 1; #endif -module_param_named(max_luns, max_scsi_luns, int, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR); +module_param_named(max_luns, max_scsi_luns, uint, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR); MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_luns, "last scsi LUN (should be between 1 and 2^32-1)"); @@ -96,14 +96,14 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_luns, */ static unsigned int max_scsi_report_luns = 511; -module_param_named(max_report_luns, max_scsi_report_luns, int, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR); +module_param_named(max_report_luns, max_scsi_report_luns, uint, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR); MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_report_luns, "REPORT LUNS maximum number of LUNS received (should be" " between 1 and 16384)"); static unsigned int scsi_inq_timeout = SCSI_TIMEOUT/HZ+3; -module_param_named(inq_timeout, scsi_inq_timeout, int, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR); +module_param_named(inq_timeout, scsi_inq_timeout, uint, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR); MODULE_PARM_DESC(inq_timeout, "Timeout (in seconds) waiting for devices to answer INQUIRY." " Default is 5. Some non-compliant devices need more."); diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c index b03aa85..61ca8cd 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c @@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ static DECLARE_TRANSPORT_CLASS(fc_rport_ */ static unsigned int fc_dev_loss_tmo = 60; /* seconds */ -module_param_named(dev_loss_tmo, fc_dev_loss_tmo, int, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR); +module_param_named(dev_loss_tmo, fc_dev_loss_tmo, uint, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR); MODULE_PARM_DESC(dev_loss_tmo, "Maximum number of seconds that the FC transport should" " insulate the loss of a remote port. Once this value is" - - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html