linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] input: signedness bug in cma3000_thread

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Date:	Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:21:00 -0500
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Xi Wang <xi.wang@...il.com>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] input: signedness bug in cma3000_thread_irq()

On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:35:22 EST, Xi Wang said:
> On Dec 14, 2011, at 9:27 PM, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:
> > That will fix the signed/unsigned issue.  However, was there a reason
> > the field was an 8-bit-wide to begin with?
>
> Which field?  The ->read() function pointer?

No, the variable that used to be a u8 - was it 8 bits wide for a reason?

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