+ mm-vmpressure-fix-a-signedness-bug-in-vmpressure_register_event-fix.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     Subject: mm-vmpressure-fix-a-signedness-bug-in-vmpressure_register_event-fix
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     mm-vmpressure-fix-a-signedness-bug-in-vmpressure_register_event-fix.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-vmpressure-fix-a-signedness-bug-in-vmpressure_register_event-fix.patch
and later at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-vmpressure-fix-a-signedness-bug-in-vmpressure_register_event-fix.patch

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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm-vmpressure-fix-a-signedness-bug-in-vmpressure_register_event-fix

reduce implicit and explicit typecasting

Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Enrico Weigelt <info@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kate Stewart <kstewart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 mm/vmpressure.c |   14 ++++++--------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/vmpressure.c~mm-vmpressure-fix-a-signedness-bug-in-vmpressure_register_event-fix
+++ a/mm/vmpressure.c
@@ -375,20 +375,18 @@ int vmpressure_register_event(struct mem
 
 	/* Find required level */
 	token = strsep(&spec, ",");
-	level = match_string(vmpressure_str_levels, VMPRESSURE_NUM_LEVELS, token);
-	if ((int)level < 0) {
-		ret = level;
+	ret = match_string(vmpressure_str_levels, VMPRESSURE_NUM_LEVELS, token);
+	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;
-	}
+	level = ret;
 
 	/* Find optional mode */
 	token = strsep(&spec, ",");
 	if (token) {
-		mode = match_string(vmpressure_str_modes, VMPRESSURE_NUM_MODES, token);
-		if ((int)mode < 0) {
-			ret = mode;
+		ret = match_string(vmpressure_str_modes, VMPRESSURE_NUM_MODES, token);
+		if (ret < 0)
 			goto out;
-		}
+		mode = ret;
 	}
 
 	ev = kzalloc(sizeof(*ev), GFP_KERNEL);
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are

ocfs2-clear-zero-in-unaligned-direct-io-checkpatch-fixes.patch
fs-ocfs2-fix-possible-null-pointer-dereferences-in-ocfs2_xa_prepare_entry-fix.patch
mm-page_alloc-fix-a-crash-in-free_pages_prepare-fix.patch
mm-vmpressure-fix-a-signedness-bug-in-vmpressure_register_event-fix.patch
mm.patch
mm-slb-guarantee-natural-alignment-for-kmallocpower-of-two-fix.patch
mm-oom-avoid-printk-iteration-under-rcu-fix.patch
hugetlb-remove-duplicated-code-checkpatch-fixes.patch
linux-next-git-rejects.patch
diff-sucks.patch
drivers-tty-serial-sh-scic-suppress-warning.patch
kernel-forkc-export-kernel_thread-to-modules.patch




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