linux-kernel - [PATCH] Time: Clocksource: fix 'ret' data type of sysfs_override_clocksource() and sysfs_unbind

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Date:	Thu, 12 Sep 2013 13:28:54 +0300
From:	elad.wexler@...il.com
To:	john.stultz@...aro.org, tglx@...utronix.de
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Elad Wexler <elad.wexler@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Time: Clocksource: fix 'ret' data type of sysfs_override_clocksource() and sysfs_unbind_clocksource()

From: Elad Wexler <elad.wexler@...il.com>

sysfs_override_clocksource(): The expression 'if (ret >= 0)' is always true.
This will cause clocksource_select() to always run.
Thus modified ret to be of type ssize_t.

sysfs_unbind_clocksource(): The expression 'if (ret < 0)' is always false.
So in case sysfs_get_uname() failed, the expression won't take an effect.
Thus modified ret to be of type ssize_t.

Signed-off-by: Elad Wexler <elad.wexler@...il.com>
---
 kernel/time/clocksource.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index 50a8736..6d28a52 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ static ssize_t sysfs_override_clocksource(struct device *dev,
 					  struct device_attribute *attr,
 					  const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	size_t ret;
+	ssize_t ret;
 
 	mutex_lock(&clocksource_mutex);
 
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ static ssize_t sysfs_unbind_clocksource(struct device *dev,
 {
 	struct clocksource *cs;
 	char name[CS_NAME_LEN];
-	size_t ret;
+	ssize_t ret;
 
 	ret = sysfs_get_uname(buf, name, count);
 	if (ret < 0)
-- 
1.8.3.1

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