linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net/core/sock.c: quiet sparse noise

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Date:	Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:09:16 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	hartleys@...ionengravers.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/core/sock.c: quiet sparse noise

From: H Hartley Sweeten <hartleys@...ionengravers.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:21:45 -0700

> net/core/sock.c: quiet sparse noise
> 
> In sock_getsockopt the symbol 'lv' is declared as an
> unsigned int type, probably due to sizeof returning a
> size_t which is really an unsigned int.
> 
> This produces a sparse warning for SO_PEERNAME due to
> the sock->ops->getname() call:
> 
> warning: incorrect type in argument 3 (different signedness)
>    expected int *sockaddr_len
>    got unsigned int *<noident>
> 
> Quiet the warning my changing the type of 'lv' to an int.
> 
> Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>

Applied to net-next-2.6, thanks.
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