linux-kernel - Re: [Patch] Signedness issue in drivers/net/3c515.c

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Date:	Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:22:32 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@....de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, becker@...ld.com, jgarzik@...ox.com
Subject: Re: [Patch] Signedness issue in drivers/net/3c515.c

Ar Sad, 2006-08-19 am 19:37 +0200, ysgrifennodd Eric Sesterhenn:
> hi,
> 
> while playing with gcc 4.1 -Wextra warnings, I came across this one:
> 
> drivers/net/3c515.c:1027: warning: comparison of unsigned expression >= 0 is always true
> 
> Since i is unsigned the >= 0 check in the for loop is always true,
> so we might spin there forever unless the if condition triggers.
> Since i is only used in this loop, this patch changes it to
> an integer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@....de>
> 

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

[And put JG on the Cc:]
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