+ drivers-misc-isl29020c-fix-signedness-bug.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     drivers/misc/isl29020.c: fix signedness bug
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     drivers-misc-isl29020c-fix-signedness-bug.patch

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Subject: drivers/misc/isl29020.c: fix signedness bug
From: Vasiliy Kulikov <segooon@xxxxxxxxx>

i2c_smbus_write_byte_data() may return negative error code.  This is not
seen to als_sensing_range_store() as the result is stored in unsigned int.
Made it signed.

Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov <segooon@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Liu Hong <hong.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kalhan Trisal <kalhan.trisal@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 drivers/misc/isl29020.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN drivers/misc/isl29020.c~drivers-misc-isl29020c-fix-signedness-bug drivers/misc/isl29020.c
--- a/drivers/misc/isl29020.c~drivers-misc-isl29020c-fix-signedness-bug
+++ a/drivers/misc/isl29020.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static ssize_t als_sensing_range_store(s
 		struct device_attribute *attr, const  char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	struct i2c_client *client = to_i2c_client(dev);
-	unsigned int ret_val;
+	int ret_val;
 	unsigned long val;
 
 	if (strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &val))
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from segooon@xxxxxxxxx are

origin.patch
linux-next.patch
drivers-misc-isl29020c-fix-signedness-bug.patch
drivers-misc-isl29020c-dont-ignore-the-i2c_smbus_read_byte_data-return-value.patch
memstick-core-fix-device_register-error-handling.patch

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