netdev - Re: [PATCH] NET: Remove unneeded type cast in skb_truesize

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Date:	Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:27:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	chuck.lever@...cle.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NET: Remove unneeded type cast in skb_truesize_check()

From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:14:26 -0400

> The (int) type cast in skb_truesize_check() is unneeded: without it, all
> the variable types in the conditional expression are unsigned integers.  As
> it stands, the type cast causes a comparison between a signed and an
> unsigned integer, which can produce unexpected results.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>

This is checking for skb->truesize being decremented too much by other
code, which could cause a wraparound below zero, so we do want
negaitve checks here.

Please stop these mindless signedness conversions without first trying
to think about what the code might be trying to do.

Thank you.
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