linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/4] drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grukdump.c: drop negativity check for unsgined req.gid

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Date:	Thu, 17 Jul 2014 16:55:07 +0300
From:	Andrey Utkin <andrey.krieger.utkin@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	sivanich@....com, Andrey Utkin <andrey.krieger.utkin@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grukdump.c: drop negativity check for unsgined req.gid

[linux-3.16-rc5/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grukdump.c:199]: (style) Checking if
unsigned variable 'gid' is less than zero.

    if (req.gid >= gru_max_gids || req.gid < 0)
        return -EINVAL;

Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80461
Reported-by: David Binderman <dcb314@...mail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrey Utkin <andrey.krieger.utkin@...il.com>
---
 drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grukdump.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grukdump.c b/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grukdump.c
index a3700a5..e0e0e7e 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grukdump.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grukdump.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ int gru_dump_chiplet_request(unsigned long arg)
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	/* Currently, only dump by gid is implemented */
-	if (req.gid >= gru_max_gids || req.gid < 0)
+	if (req.gid >= gru_max_gids)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	gru = GID_TO_GRU(req.gid);
-- 
1.8.5.5

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