Re: [PATCH 06/10] mfd: ab3100-core: Fix incompatible types in comparison expression warning

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On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 5:07 PM Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Smatch reports:
>
>  drivers/mfd/ab3100-core.c:501:20: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different type sizes):
>  drivers/mfd/ab3100-core.c:501:20:    unsigned int *
>  drivers/mfd/ab3100-core.c:501:20:    unsigned long *
>  drivers/mfd/ab8500-debugfs.c:1804:20: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different type sizes):
>  drivers/mfd/ab8500-debugfs.c:1804:20:    unsigned int *
>  drivers/mfd/ab8500-debugfs.c:1804:20:    unsigned long *
>
> Since the second min() argument can be less than 0 a signed
> variable is required for assignment.  However, the non-sized
> type size_t is passed in from the userspace handlers.  In order
> to firstly compare, then assign the smallest value, we firstly
> need to cast them both to the same as the receiving size_t typed
> variable.
>
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>

Yours,
Linus Walleij



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