linux-kernel - Re: [Patch] Signdness issue in drivers/scsi/osst.c

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Date:	Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:18:37 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@....de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, osst@...de.org
Subject: Re: [Patch] Signdness issue in drivers/scsi/osst.c

Ar Sad, 2006-08-19 am 21:19 +0200, ysgrifennodd Eric Sesterhenn:
> Hi,
> 
> another signdness warning from gcc 4.1
> 
> drivers/scsi/osst.c:5154: warning: comparison of unsigned expression < 0 is always false
> 
> The problem is that blk is defined as unsigned, but all usages of it
> are normal int cases. osst_get_frame_position() and osst_get_sector()
> return ints and can return negative values. If blk stays an unsigned int,
> the error check is useless.


Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>

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