The function can return negative values, so its result should be assigned to signed variable.
The problem has been detected using proposed semantic patch scripts/coccinelle/tests/assign_signed_to_unsigned.cocci [1]. [1]: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2046107 Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <[email protected]> --- Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei-amt-version.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei-amt-version.c b/Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei-amt-version.c index 57d0d87..33e67bd 100644 --- a/Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei-amt-version.c +++ b/Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei-amt-version.c @@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ static uint32_t amt_host_if_call(struct amt_host_if *acmd, unsigned int expected_sz) { uint32_t in_buf_sz; - uint32_t out_buf_sz; + ssize_t out_buf_sz; ssize_t written; uint32_t status; struct amt_host_if_resp_header *msg_hdr; -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
