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Date:	Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:31:36 -0400
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	Nicolas Kaiser <nikai@...ai.net>,
	Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...citrix.com>
Cc:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>,
	xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen: events: fix error checks in bind_*_to_irqhandler()

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 09:14:26PM +0200, Nicolas Kaiser wrote:
> Checking 'irq < 0' doesn't work when 'irq' is unsigned.
> 
> The assigned bind_evtchn_to_irq() and bind_virq_to_irq()
> return int, so using int appears appropriate.

Whoops. Good check. Will have it queue up for rc2.

Will fix up the bind_virq_to_irqhandler case as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Kaiser <nikai@...ai.net>
> ---
>  drivers/xen/events.c |    6 ++----
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/xen/events.c b/drivers/xen/events.c
> index 036343b..589f0a5 100644
> --- a/drivers/xen/events.c
> +++ b/drivers/xen/events.c
> @@ -912,8 +912,7 @@ int bind_evtchn_to_irqhandler(unsigned int evtchn,
>  			      unsigned long irqflags,
>  			      const char *devname, void *dev_id)
>  {
> -	unsigned int irq;
> -	int retval;
> +	int irq, retval;
>  
>  	irq = bind_evtchn_to_irq(evtchn);
>  	if (irq < 0)
> @@ -955,8 +954,7 @@ int bind_virq_to_irqhandler(unsigned int virq, unsigned int cpu,
>  			    irq_handler_t handler,
>  			    unsigned long irqflags, const char *devname, void *dev_id)
>  {
> -	unsigned int irq;
> -	int retval;
> +	int irq, retval;
>  
>  	irq = bind_virq_to_irq(virq, cpu);
>  	if (irq < 0)
> -- 
> 1.7.3.4
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